This red-eye gravy recipe uses ham stock cubes instead of ham drippings so you can make it from scratch to serve with any meal.
Ingredients
- ham stock cubes: 4 piece
- ½ tablespoons instant coffee granules: 2 piece
- water: 2 cups
- butter: 3 Tbsp
- all-purpose flour: 3 Tbsp
- ground black pepper: 1 tsp
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Dissolve ham stock and coffee granules in water in a large mixing bowl to create a stock.
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Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat; add flour. Cook butter and flour, stirring constantly, until brown, to create a roux, about 5 minutes.
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Add stock mixture, ½ cup at a time to the roux, stirring constantly, until it has the consistency of gravy, 5 to 7 minutes.
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Stir in black pepper. Remove from heat. Serve warm with meal of choice.
