I absolutely love gravy! I can’t help it; I drown my roast dinner in gravy.
I normally use a pre-mix – Knorr Rich Brown Gravy. But, I know that it has various ingredients that really aren’t the healthiest and thought I need to try making it from ingredients I have in the fridge and pantry.
I recently tried a Thermomix recipe for Basic Gravy. Unfortunately, it didn’t meet my expectations.
So, what to do except make my own! And, I love it.
For the water ingredient, I added the liquid (about 140g) squeezed from vegetables that were minced in the Thermomix to make a meatloaf, which is why mine looks a bit orange…
If you don’t add this, you may like to add a little sugar to balance the sweet/salty taste necessary for good flavour.
This is a base recipe. Add whatever herbs you like, depending on what you are serving with your gravy. And, of course, add any meat or vegetable juices to make up the water content.
- Rosemary and Mint for lamb
- Sage for pork
- Thyme for beef
- Tomato relish is great for rissoles, tomato sauce for meatloaf,
- American mustard for sausages.
- 40g butter
- 40g plain flour
- 40g white miso paste
- 10g MightyMite or Promite (or Vegemite at a pinch)
- 400g water
- 10g tomato paste
- ½ tsp onion powder
- ¼ tsp garlic powder
- large pinch ground black pepper
- Add butter, flour, miso and MightyMite to the Thermomix bowl.
- Cook 3.5 min/100/speed 3.
- Scrape down and add remaining ingredients
- Cook 10 min/100/sp 2.5.
- Serve with your favourite meats.
~ Add a pinch of dried or fresh rosemary and some mint sauce for roast lamb or chops.
~ Add a pinch of dried sage for roast pork.
~ Add a pinch of dried thyme for roast beef.
~ Sauté mushrooms and add some Worcestershire sauce, a dash of port and some cream for steak.
Add a good dollop of tomato relish for rissoles.
Add some tomato sauce for meatloaf.
For sausages, add fried onions and American mustard.
Enjoy!
