Ham Gravy From Drippings

If you’re making a baked ham for dinner, don’t forget the ham gravy.also is one of the easiest ways to add flavor to your meal, especially when served over slices of ham or creamy mashed potatoes.

Whether you’re making ham for Easter dinner, Christmas, or a Sunday meal, this simple gravy uses the flavorful drippings from your baked ham to create a rich, savory sauce.

This gravy works best when you cook a juicy baked ham such as an oven baked honey ham, orange glazed, cherry glaze or brown sugar bourbon glazed ham. The sweet glaze mixes with the savory ham drippings to create a rich gravy that tastes amazing.

Serve your gravy over slices of ham and on your mashed potatoes.

You can serve your baked ham along side your turkey dinner. It’s ok to have two gravy’s – one for your ham and one for your turkey as they are two different meats.

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Easy Ham Gravy From Drippings – Perfect for Ham and Mashed Potatoes

Indulge in the rich, savory goodness of our homemade ham gravy. Made from pan drippings, spices, and a touch of culinary magic. Elevate your holiday feast and add a burst of flavor to every succulent slice of ham.

Course: Sauces and Gravy

Cuisine: American

Servings: meal

Author: Regina Sober

Equipment

Ingredients

1 cup water
2 Tablespoons cornstarch
2 cups ham drippings or whatever you can get from ham drippings
1 teaspoon ground pepper

Instructions

Start out by gathering your ham drippings and measuring to see how much you have. The recipe may need to be adjusted if you have less drippings.
In a pot, add the water and cornstarch.
Mix together until there are no lumps.
Add the ham drippings and cook on medium heat.
Stir in the pepper and bring the gravy to a boil
Let the mix come to a rolling boil (one you cannot stir down).
Remove from heat and place into your gravy boat.

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Notes

You could add in half and half to get the same amount of liquid as the recipe calls for.

Or reduce the amount of liquid, if you want to make less gravy.

Making Gravy From Baked Ham Dinner

To make gravy from drippings, cook the gravy over medium heat while whisking constantly until it thickens. This helps prevent lumps and creates a smooth gravy that’s perfect for serving over ham or mashed potatoes.

To make it easy, I would remove the ham from the roasting pan so you can drain the ham drippings out of the pan. You can return it to the pan for slicing and plating on your serving platter.

The ham drippings will have all the delicious flavors from the basting you did while it was cooking. If you did a brown sugar, honey ham, or cooked your ham with pineapple, the drippings will have all of that flavor.

Don’t forget to take the leftover ham and potatoes to make other recipes. Take the sliced potatoes and make scalloped potatoes. Better yet, make ham and scalloped potatoes for another delicious meal.

A good gravy has a little pepper in it. If you find it bland, you can add a little salt.

What Kind of Gravy Do You Serve With Ham?

The best gravy to serve with ham is ham gravy made from the drippings left in the roasting pan. These drippings contain the natural saltiness of the ham along with the flavor from any glaze you used.

Make sure you are whisking constantly to remove the lumps of cornstarch. You can strain the gravy if you want, but this will also remove any flavorful bits of ham.

corn starch and water — starting with cold water and corn starch

Can I Use Corn Starch Instead of Flour?

You can use either one to thicken the gravy. If you have a flour taste when using flour, you may want to simmer the gravy longer. Be sure you are also whisking the gravy until it becomes thick. When it starts to get thick, it’s done.

Can You Include Ham Drippings?

It is a personal preference on if you put them in your gravy or not. I like to have them in, as you can tell it’s homemade and and all the flavors of ham make it better (in my opinion).