Coffee in brown gravy

[etpm]

After I made the post about instant coffee it made me think about adding coffee to brown gravy. I learned to do this from my Grandmother. When she made brown gravy she would either brew some strong coffee or cook down some weak coffee and then add it to the gravy. Not a bunch, maybe 1/4 cup at the most added to two cups gravy. When the gravy is done you can't taste the coffee in the gravy but the gravy just tastes richer in flavor without being richer in fat. It has more of that browned meat flavor. Just though I'd pass this on.
Cheers,
Eric

 

[Molalla1]

After I made the post about instant coffee it made me think about adding coffee to brown gravy. I learned to do this from my Grandmother. When she made brown gravy she would either brew some strong coffee or cook down some weak coffee and then add it to the gravy. Not a bunch, maybe 1/4 cup at the most added to two cups gravy. When the gravy is done you can't taste the coffee in the gravy but the gravy just tastes richer in flavor without being richer in fat. It has more of that browned meat flavor. Just though I'd pass this on.
Cheers,
Eric

I might have to try it out .

 

[Oaktree]

Not a big one for gravy (other than with turkey), but I might give it a try too.

 

[jmc]

A little OT but coffee tastes so good with chili, I thought about adding coffee to the chili recipe. Risky though.

 

[Mtsoxfan]

I've added a small amount of coffee to chili, improved flavor without tasting like coffee. Adding soy sauce to chili has same effect...

 

[RobertN]

What about Red-eye gravy?

Never had it, but it looked interesting in the Nashville episode of "Somebody Feed Phil".

 

[Runner]

I tried coffee in brown gravy for lunch today and IMHO it did taste better than without. This was in some store bought gravy from a jar, so.....

 

[HawkinsHollow]

I could see that adding some depth and complexity to the gravy, sounds good. I too add coffee to my chili for the same reason. Depth and complexity

 

[etpm]

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I tried coffee in brown gravy for lunch today and IMHO it did taste better than without. This was in some store bought gravy from a jar, so.....

I'm glad you tried it and it made then gravy taste better. I have never had gravy from a jar that I know of, is it any good? Gravy is just so easy to make I never thought of buying gravy in a jar or instant in a packet.
Eric

 

[Runner]

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I'm glad you tried it and it made then gravy taste better. I have never had gravy from a jar that I know of, is it any good? Gravy is just so easy to make I never thought of buying gravy in a jar or instant in a packet.
Eric

It tastes pretty much like any other gravy to me, but I'm no gourmet. It's quick, easy and not much mess to clean up. Can't beat Mom's, of course...

 

[Panik]

A little OT but coffee tastes so good with chili, I thought about adding coffee to the chili recipe. Risky though.

I've added a small amount of coffee to chili, improved flavor without tasting like coffee. Adding soy sauce to chili has same effect...

I could see that adding some depth and complexity to the gravy, sounds good. I too add coffee to my chili for the same reason. Depth and complexity

In a similar, but slightly off-topic comment I regularly add a good bit of either semi-sweet or dark chocolate to my chili and have used coffee as part of making sausage gravy for biscuits - they both add really good background depth and complexity to the flavor without being a recognizable forward flavor.

 

[RobertN]

In a similar, but slightly off-topic comment I regularly add a good bit of either semi-sweet or dark chocolate to my chili and have used coffee as part of making sausage gravy for biscuits - they both add really good background depth and complexity to the flavor without being a recognizable forward flavor.

Chocolate is a great addition to chili. We have been doing that for years.

 

[HawkinsHollow]

In a similar, but slightly off-topic comment I regularly add a good bit of either semi-sweet or dark chocolate to my chili and have used coffee as part of making sausage gravy for biscuits - they both add really good background depth and complexity to the flavor without being a recognizable forward flavor.

Yep, dark chocolate in my chili here too. Need to add some sweet to cut down on the acidity of the tomatoes anyways, might as well make it interesting.

 

[Panik]

Yep, dark chocolate in my chili here too. Need to add some sweet to cut down on the acidity of the tomatoes anyways, might as well make it interesting.

Aww heck depending on what I'm throwing into the chili, I've gone as far as to add some dark brown sugar near the end of the cook to balance either the acidity and/or the flavor from the corn chips I use to thicken it. Tends to go well with the warm heat I like in my chili.