Gravy Basics
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Category
Sides
Author:
Kimberly
Where's the sauce? This recipe gives you real flavour and no fuss! No gluggy goo for you!
Ingredients
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500ml of stock or water
- 2 teaspoons of Herbalicious
- Unrefined salt to taste
- 1-2 tablespoons of slippery elm powder or 1 tablespoon of tapioca (see notes)
Directions
Read the blurb above to discover how to get the best juices from your roast!
- Add the pan juices, broth or water into a small pot on a moderate heat.
- Add your herbs and salt and bring to a simmer for at least 10 minutes.
- Add more herbs and salt until you're happy with the flavour. The amount of salt will depend on how much you had on your meat in your pan already.
- Add the slippery elm powder directly in the pot and use a high speed hand mixer to blend it until smooth.
- Allow it to thicken for a minute and add more until you reach your thickness. If using tapioca flour, look below.
- When you've finished carving your meat, add the juices in the tray to the pot and stir through.
Recipe Note
OPTIONS:
Tapioca:
If using tapioca flour, make it into a paste in a glass with cold water first.
Wait unit the last minute before adding it. When it sits for too long it can go gluey. I don't mind this but it's an unusual texture you may take time to get used to.
Once it cools and you reheat it, it will be quite runny again. This doesn't happen with the slippery elm.
Wheat or gluten free flour:
This is best made into a roux. This is done by adding a tablespoon or two of fat from your roast or butter is fine too. Then use a whisk to mix in the flour in a separate pot. Slowly add in the simmered gravy whisking into a smooth paste with each little addition. Simmer until that "raw" flour taste has gone and it thickens to your liking.
What about the colour?:
That's the beauty of using the pan juices! They go brown! Even if you get the smallest amount of gooey pan scrapings, you'll get awesome flavour and a good colour.
It is just a colour! The herbs and salt will make it taste good and give it a little brownish-green colouring if that's all you've got. Don't be tempted by adding colourings!