drippings

Keep the drippings from the sausage in the pan and cook seasoned chicken until almost cooked through.

Make the jus: Carefully pour about 1/2 cup of the pan drippings into a medium saucepan set over low heat.

Once the fish is cooked, the drippings are transformed into a delicious sauce enriched with butter and fresh dill.

I have zero personal connection to the dish steak Diane, which consists of pan-fried steak served in a piquant sauce made from pan drippings, cream, Cognac, shallots and Worcestershire or Dijon mustard.

It tasted pot-roasty, with the loin simmering in its own juice and the root veggies flavored with fat drippings — comfort food for this wet, dreary weather.