Mom's Country White Gravy

Cook time: 20 min
Servings: 6
Yield: 6 servings

Description

Country gravy, also called white gravy, is made with 5 basic ingredients. This mom's version uses a bacon fat and flour roux to add a delicious nutty flavor.

Ingredients

1/2 cup bacon fat
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
4 cups whole milk, at room temperature, or more if needed

Directions

1 Gather all ingredients.
2 Melt bacon fat in a large skillet over medium heat. Stir in flour, salt, and pepper. Cook, whisking continuously until the roux becomes paste-like and light golden brown, about 10 minutes.
3 Gradually whisk 4 cups of milk into the flour mixture, and bring to a simmer over medium heat.
4 Cook and stir until gravy is heated through and smooth, 3 to 5 minutes, adding more milk if gravy is too thick.
5 Serve hot on a biscuit.