32 gravy thickeners Recipes

boneless beef chuck roast, cream of mushroom soup, french onion soup, flour (or corn starch mixed with water for thickening gravy)

smoky mountain country pot roast, chuck roast, flour, vegetable oil, roll roast in the flour and brown in the vegetable oil in a, dutch oven ., then stir in, beef broth, peppercorns, salt, bay leaves, bring this to a boil and reduce the heat to low and simmer, covered for 2 hours ., then add, potatoes , pared and quartered, sliced celery, sliced carrots, peeled white onions, if needed , put in more water or broth to cover the vegetables and cook for 1 more hour or until, vegetables are tender. put meat and vegetables onto a hot platter and use fresh parsley., pour off drippings and thicken with enough flour to make gravy.

any liquid can be reduced just by heating it - but why would you want to do that, answer comes back to two of our old friends, flavor and consistency (texture)., by reducing any flavored liquid you intensify its flavor and at the same time thicken it. you can continue this process until what you have left is a syrup if it contains sugar, or a sauce if it does not., this is 1 of the most important tools in the kitchen , believe it or not, because a great sauce can rescue an indifferent meal., literally any liquid can be reduced ., a few uses, wine is frequently used in cooking , both as a marinade and as an addition to sauces for meat., there are some problems with it though, 1 of which is that you need a really good wine and quite a lot of it to produce a reasonable sauce for, say, six people., on the other hand , if you use pure grape juice and reduce it to a syrup, that syrup, added to any sauce (or gravy if you prefer) will lift it into the realms of gourmet ., more , you don tsp have to make your reduction on the night you prepare your meal. you can reduce a liter of grape juice at any time to the consistency and flavor you want; then just store it in the fridge., you can do the same thing with any fruit juice - prune is sensational - and store it until needed. just about all of them will do things for ice cream, pies or tarts that will have your guests demanding the recipe, pork with apple sauce use a carton of fresh apple juice from the supermarket and reduce it. and if you want a real sensation add in a glass of apple brandy during the reduction process., are you getting an idea of how simple this is, take any carton of fresh stock straight of the shelf and reduce it. you will transform it into something even the manufacturer won tsp recognize. but beware, you need to start out with good quality in the first place, because when you reduce a liquid you intensify all the flavors, and not just the good ones., if it s salty to start with, for example, it will be salty beyond belief by the time you ve reduced it even by half. so if you are going to use a supermarket stock, make sure it s an extremely good 1., believe me when i tell you that stock cubes should not be used for reduction sauces., thickeners, because you will be tasting as you go (won tsp you ), you may find that you get the flavor you want before the desired consistency is reached., a couple of hints right now for your sauces., sweet ones can be thickened successfully without loss of color by adding in liquid glucose early on in the reduction process. surprisingly, this will add little in the way of sweetness and produces a beautiful velvety sauce when whisked., if you get it wrong and add too much, no problem. stir in a little extra water to thin it., reduction pans, reductions need to happen rapidly in serving to preserve flavors. and the greater the surface area of the liquid the faster the water will evaporate., however you may want to whisk something into the sauce while its cooking - such as butter or olive oil for example - and for that i find a small wok is best; 1 with a handle., a wok is less likely to reduce so fast that the sauce is burnt while your back is turned. but try both methods and see which you prefer. you may even end up using something totally different., no magic to this. whatever works for you, that s what you should use, in this and everything else to do with cooking., just bear in mind that what you re after is speed and ease of use. as well as a great tasting result, of course. :>), keeping, if they should dry out , simply add a little water and heat through., sauces containing meat juices of any kind must be frozen if you re going to keep them, and should be brought to boiling point before being used again. there is no need to thaw them out to do this, in fact it s better not to. simply drop the frozen cubes into a saucepan, melt them over a gentle heat, and then bring swiftly to the boil., why do you do this to avoid food poisoning, that s why. you are making sure that any bugs introduced into the sauce during the preparation process are killed off., worry , this will not be because of anything you have done wrong (i hope!), but because bacteria are part of our everyday lives and they exist in every kitchen, however clean., in fact your food , and especially your meat, is crawling with wildlife that you will never see. don tsp worry about them. careful handling and simple precautions will ensure that these miniature monsters can never multiply enough to harm either you or your guests.

chicken thighs , excess fat and skin removed, oil, oil, i small rib celery, chopped small, leek, sliced, onion, halved and sliced, chestnut mushrooms, sliced, carrots, sliced, baby potatoes, skins on, halved, pack cubetti di pancetta (200g, just over 7 oz.), or use thick cut unsmoked bacon cut in small pieces, garlic minced, italian style herbs, hot stock, any kind (see below ), mixed dried mushrooms (porcini, chanterelle, shiitake etc), i cheated and used some chicken gravy granules (bisto best roast chicken gravy), about 4 rounded tsp. (to thicken and season).

stew meat, dry onion soup mix, mushroom gravy, potatoes, cut into 1/2 inch cubes, baby carrots, peas, drained, mushrooms, drained, dry white wine, black pepper, flour , for thickening if desired

potatoes, peeled and chopped, big fat sausage links, onions, peeled and cut into chunks, ale or stout beer (not beer!), sugar (if desired to balance the ale if it tastes bitter), cornflour or bisto, to thicken the gravy

chicken, skinned and cut into pieces, chicken breasts, bone-in and skinned, potatoes, peeled and cut into 1 inch cubes (yukon gold or sheprody), frozen peas, onions, peeled and chopped, carrots, peeled and sliced into coins, salt, pepper, onion powder, flour (and water slurry to thicken gravy), flour, lard, salt, eggs

white potatoes cubed, sweet potatoes cubed, carrots coarse cut up or use whole baby carrots, onion chopped, head of garlic peeled, celery coarse chopped, green bell peppers coarse chopped, fresh chopped parsley, kernel corn, frozen green peas, venison ( or beef ) meat cut up/cubed ( marinade in red wine overnight if desired to tenderize meat ), water or beef broth, hickory smoked barbecue sauce ( tomato based ), salt and pepper to taste, flour to thicken gravy

chicken , organic if possible, kosher salt, divided, plus more for sprinkling, freshly cracked black pepper, garlic oil, divided , plus 1 tbsp, recipe follows, garlic , reserved from oil, fresh thyme, onion, peeled and quartered, carrot, peeled and cut into 4 pieces, celery stalk, trimmed and cut into 4 pieces, chicken stock, plus more to loosen fond and thicken gravy, water, garlic, sliced thin, flour, chopped fresh italian flat-leaf parsley, seeded and diced roma tomatoes, olive oil, garlic cloves

boneless pork shoulder, salt and pepper, to taste, olive oil, garlic cloves, peeled (leave whole ), yellow onion, peeled and sliced, carrots, peeled and chopped into 1 inch pieces, celery ribs, chopped, apple cider, worcestershire sauce, red potatoes, unpeeled and left whole (pierce each with knife tip ), bay leaf, flour , for thickening gravy (or cornstarch)