orange pork gravy

2016-01-24

This is an extension of the Orange Porcupine Roast recipe, but you can make gravy from any kind of steak, roast or stew, with the oranges optional. I often cook pork in orange juice. That broth is also very good for making orange gravy. The oranges make the sauce a bit sweet and slightly sour at the same time. The flour enhances the orange color.

Simmering meat in cream sauce may also be used to salvage a roast or stew that was left on the stove to burn. In that situation cut or scrape away anything charred and use very low heat and a lot more milk or cream. At the worst, it may ruin the sauce, but it might save the stew. If the sauce gets too bad, start a new béchamel sauce with plenty of cream to continue the process. That is easier, quicker and cheaper than starting a new roast.

INGREDIENTS

This is what you need for 1 quart:

orange drippings from a roast
water or orange juice
2 tsp. of flour, dissolved in cold water
or in 2 tbsp. oil = oil dough
heavy cream or ‘Fud’ sour cream

Pic1: orange pork gravy

Directions

Cut the peels from the orange slices you took off the roast.
Transfer the drippings, 2 cloves and the orange slices to a sauce pan.
Dilute with water and / or orange juice and bring to a boil.
Add S&P, seasoning as desired.
Reduce heat. Simmer about 10 minutes.
Remove the cloves and orange slices and squeeze out the remainder of the orange slices.
I used some of this runny sauce to stew / steam the potatoes and vegetables.
While boiling, whisk small quantities of dissolved flour or oil dough into the sauce until the sauce thickens.
Stir in the cream. (Pic2)
We liked this 'Fud" cream for cooking, but it is no longer available in local stores. I use heavy cream now.
After carving the roast, submerge the slices in the gravy briefly before serving. (Pic3)
If you burned your stew, simmering the meat in cream sauce will remove a lot of the burned taste.
Serve some extra gravy over meat and potatoes.

Pic2: cream
Pic3: orange pork gravy

See also: Deming, NM gardens, animals and more and avemariasongs.org

See also: Deming, NM gardens, animals and more
and avemariasongs.org