aunt thelma's red eye gravy

Name: Aunt Thelma's Red Eye Gravy
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: - country ham slices; - fatty country ham scraps; 1 tablespoon(s) butter; 2 teaspoon(s) flour; 1 cup(s) strong cold black coffee; - water for thinning (if needed)

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Gina Davis

Cedar Bluff, VA

Updated on Oct 8, 2015

Original Red Eye Gravy is just country ham drippings and strong black coffee. I have had it many times made by my MomMoo (mom) like this poured hot over grits and fried eggs with a hot buttered biscuit to dip in it! YUMMMMM!!!! When I want the real deal this is how I still make it. But my kids think the bitter has to be calmed down so I go to my 79 year old Aunt Thelma's recipe.

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Old and true recipe give it a try sometimes you might be surprised :)

prep time 5 Min

cook time 20 Min

method Stove Top

yield 2 - 4

Ingredients

- country ham slices
- fatty country ham scraps
1 tablespoon butter
2 teaspoons flour
1 cup strong cold black coffee
- water for thinning (if needed)

How To Make aunt thelma's red eye gravy

Step 1

fry your ham slices and remove to plate leaving drippings in the pan

Step 2

add fatty scraps to pan and cook on medium high heat for 10 to 15 minutes to render fat from scraps. Remove from pan leaving drippings
Step 3

add 1 tablespoon butter and melt into the "drippings"
Step 4

stir in 2 teaspoons flour and whisk until brown
Step 5

add 1 cup strong black coffee and whisk until smooth.
Step 6

turn heat to simmer and let reduce by at least 1/3. Whisking every so often.
Step 7

serve hot over grits, mashed potatoes, eggs biscuits any thing that you want to kick the flavor up on :)
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