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How Do You Guys Make Sausage and Red Gravy?

Posted on 9/1/23 at 6:52 pm
Posted by Jibbajabba
Louisiana
Member since May 2011
3917 posts
Posted on 9/1/23 at 6:52 pm
How do you make a red gravy with sausage?

Does it need to be fresh sausage or do you use smoked?

The only way I have ever done it is browning down beef and building a regular gravy with onions and beef broth and then adding tomato sauce before simmering.

Is that about it or is there something different that you do?

Bonus points for pictures.
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
17820 posts
Posted on 9/1/23 at 7:16 pm to
I only use my homemade Italian sausage when making sausage and red gravy.

My red gravy is pretty standard with tomato paste, diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, fresh sweet basil and rosemary, dried oregano, fresh parsley, onions, bell pepper, celery, green onions, garlic and bay leaves. Then a bit of sugar and some grated parmesan cheese. I let my red gravy cook at least 3+ hours.

Other stuff I add are a bit of Worcestershire sauce, a few dashes of hot sauce, salt and pepper to taste.
Posted by PerplenGold
TX
Member since Nov 2021
1835 posts
Posted on 9/1/23 at 8:48 pm to
Lived up north for a bit. Had a real eye-talian roommate. His folks made wine in their cellar in Queens. Gravy from scratch, made their own sausage and pasta. Wine gave a massive hangover. CSB

I do jar gravy & Italian sausage from the meat counter. Slice some peppers & onions. Stick it all in the oven. Can’t miss. Don’t over think it.
Posted by t00f
Not where you think I am
Member since Jul 2016
99785 posts
Posted on 9/1/23 at 8:52 pm to
Thats sounds like sauce not gravy
Posted by Tyga Woods
South Central Jupiter Island, FL
Member since Sep 2016
37373 posts
Posted on 9/1/23 at 8:52 pm to
a good friend of mine that knows everything says that what you’re really looking for is more of a sauce than a gravy.
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
17820 posts
Posted on 9/1/23 at 8:59 pm to
quote:

Thats sounds like sauce not gravy


To-May-To

To-Mah-To

What's the fricking difference? Both are red liquids with other shite in them.
Posted by t00f
Not where you think I am
Member since Jul 2016
99785 posts
Posted on 9/1/23 at 9:05 pm to
relax. You are not the purpose of that reply.
Posted by Tyga Woods
South Central Jupiter Island, FL
Member since Sep 2016
37373 posts
Posted on 9/1/23 at 9:08 pm to
gumbo2176, please calm down
Posted by GreenRockTiger
vortex to the whirlpool of despair
Member since Jun 2020
52869 posts
Posted on 9/1/23 at 9:18 pm to
quote:

shite in them.
gross
Posted by Hangit
The Green Swamp
Member since Aug 2014
43095 posts
Posted on 9/1/23 at 9:37 pm to
quote:

Thats sounds like sauce not gravy


It sounds like you know things. If I wanted to make a combination of the 2 could I call it grauce and become internet famous?

TIA
Posted by SixthAndBarone
Member since Jan 2019
9820 posts
Posted on 9/2/23 at 8:46 am to
Hot sauce does not go in a red gravy.
Posted by TackySweater
Member since Dec 2020
19537 posts
Posted on 9/2/23 at 9:09 am to
quote:

Hot sauce does not go in a red gravy.


Oh?
Posted by Jibbajabba
Louisiana
Member since May 2011
3917 posts
Posted on 9/2/23 at 3:29 pm to
For the record, I am not talking about Italian food or “Sunday Gravy”.

I am talking about the coonass red gravy that is made with pure pork andouille.
Posted by kook
Berrytown
Member since Sep 2013
1990 posts
Posted on 9/2/23 at 4:43 pm to
Yeah, MawMaw smothered seven steaks like that. It was more of a brown tomato gravy, not acidic. I can't replicate it
Posted by SixthAndBarone
Member since Jan 2019
9820 posts
Posted on 9/2/23 at 4:58 pm to
Ahh!!! That makes more sense now. When you say red gravy, my mind is going to go to a Sicilian red gravy.
Posted by Duane Dibbley
Red Dwarf
Member since Nov 2011
1679 posts
Posted on 9/2/23 at 11:17 pm to
My family from Evangeline Parish would make a "rust" gravy with sausage, all you have to do is after you brown your sausage you take one medium onion and one can of drained diced rotel per pound (keep the liquid add it back later) and caramelize them. You end up with a "rust" colored gravy.
Posted by RedPop4
Santiago de Compostela
Member since Jan 2005
14746 posts
Posted on 9/6/23 at 3:35 pm to
quote:

For the record, I am not talking about Italian food or “Sunday Gravy”.

I am talking about the coonass red gravy that is made with pure pork andouille.

Ahhhh. Understood.
Posted by Prosecuted Collins
The Farm
Member since Sep 2003
6833 posts
Posted on 9/6/23 at 3:44 pm to
Sausage and Tasso in a red gravy is exquisite.
Posted by saintsfan1977
Arkansas, from Cajun country
Member since Jun 2010
8839 posts
Posted on 9/6/23 at 5:09 pm to
Tomato sauce, tomato paste, crushed tomatoes, rotel, whatever you decide to use to make it red.

Simmer it for a few hours with trinity.

Add smoked sausage whenever. And season to taste.

It's literally the cheapest cajun dish. Tomatoes, sausage, and rice. You can't frick it up.

Add some sugar to cut down on acid.
Posted by madamsquirrel
The big somewhere out there
Member since Jul 2009
53407 posts
Posted on 9/6/23 at 6:09 pm to
Honest question- no roux or anything first?
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