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Summary: Texture and appearance for your finished cream gravy; learn this and more in this free cooking video series about Southern food taught by a culinary instructor.
Louis Ortiz is a professional chef instructor at a culinary institute. He has been working in the culinary industry for 10 years.read more
" All right, we're back with the finished home style gravy that we made in the pan or sometimes called pan gravy, as far as that goes. Here's the finished product .If you will notice, I don't have any separation. It is pretty much all one color as far as that goes. I cranked up the heat just a little bit after I added some of my milk and cream mixture and again I started with 2 cups, so I used a little less than a cup for this batch. Again, this is something that you just kind of have to eyeball and decide on how thick or how thin you like your gravy. So at this point I turned the heat off completely, we've achieved all one color, like we want and I'm going to drag a spoon through here just so I can show you what we are looking at and this has got that nice good gravy consistency. Now at this point if there is more heat added to it, you may need to add some more flour or little more milk. But if you were to add heat, it would start to separate a little and that is a call you are going to have to make. For all intents and purposes, this is a done deal. "
eHow Article: How Finished Cream Gravy Should Look