Delicious...delicious...delicious. This is the second time I've made it, once with half and half and once with the heavy cream and both are good. I added one chopped up carrot (you can't have too many vegies) pureed it with an immersion blender then added the ham. Also, I had some chicken broth open and substitued that for part of the water. Thanks for a great recipe!!!

Reviewed On: Jan. 7, 2009

Great taste and it's nice to have the gravy done ahead of time. We had over 20 people for Thanksgiving with two different turkeys, one baked in the oven and the other deep fried. Because of the quantities of food I had to prepare I was looking forward to having the gravy already prepared. I had a ton of pan drippings from the oven baked turkey and simply poured them into the gravy making it even tastier. Knowing I was going to do this I thickened it with more flour than originally called for. Turned out excellent and we had plenty as I doubled the recipe. This recipe takes quite awhile to make and I'm not sure it would be worth the time for a smaller dinner party but with over 20 guests it saved me a lot of last minute prep work. Thank you for a great recipe!!

Reviewed On: Dec. 27, 2008

This is fantastic!!! All of our Christmas guests loved it....I had no problems with it setting up and the flavor was excellent. I did take one reviewers suggestion and used half the amount of whipping cream and not having rum I used 2 tablespoons of whiskey. I'm not sure why some people had problems with it setting up unless they accidently used instant instead of the pudding you have to cook. Everyone loved it and next time I'll have to make two pies!!!!

Reviewed On: Dec. 25, 2008