Creamy Gravies and Sauces

Peppercorn, Diane, mushroom and mustard. The steak night end of the gravy world.

26 recipes in this collection

Illustration of Blue Cheese Gravy

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Blue Cheese Gravy

A butter and flour base loosened with beef stock and cream, with crumbled blue cheese melted in off the heat so it…

20 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Brandy Cream Peppercorn Gravy

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Brandy Cream Peppercorn Gravy

A roasting tin gravy thickened with flour, spiked with pink and black peppercorns, deglazed with brandy and softened…

28 min Serves 6 Easy

Illustration of Buttered Sage Cream Gravy

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Buttered Sage Cream Gravy

Butter browned until nutty with crisped sage leaves, then loosened with vegetable stock and double cream and…

20 min Serves 4 Medium

Illustration of Cheddar Gravy for Chips

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Cheddar Gravy for Chips

A loose, pourable cheese gravy built on a light roux with stock and evaporated milk, with mature Cheddar melted in…

17 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Classic Peppercorn Sauce

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Classic Peppercorn Sauce

Green and black peppercorns crushed by hand, softened in butter with shallot, deglazed with brandy and finished with…

30 min Serves 4 Medium

Illustration of Cream and Cider Pork Gravy

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Cream and Cider Pork Gravy

Dry cider cooked down with apple and sage in the pork pan, lengthened with stock and softened with double cream for…

32 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Cream of Mushroom Soup Gravy

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Cream of Mushroom Soup Gravy

A tin of condensed cream of mushroom soup taken seriously, thinned with stock and built up with real fried…

20 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Creamy Chicken Gravy

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Creamy Chicken Gravy

Roast chicken tin juices turned into a smooth roux gravy with proper chicken stock, brightened with a little lemon…

25 min Serves 6 Easy

Illustration of Creamy Dill Gravy for Fish

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Creamy Dill Gravy for Fish

White wine and fish stock reduced with shallot, finished with double cream, capers, lemon and a lot of fresh dill…

23 min Serves 4 Medium

Illustration of Creamy Leek Gravy

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Creamy Leek Gravy

Leeks sweated slowly in butter until they melt, loosened with vegetable stock and finished with cream, white pepper…

35 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Creamy Mushroom Gravy

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Creamy Mushroom Gravy

Chestnut mushrooms browned hard in batches, backed up with dried porcini and their soaking liquor, then loosened…

35 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Creamy Onion and Bacon Gravy

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Creamy Onion and Bacon Gravy

Smoked bacon lardons rendered slowly, onions softened in the fat until sweet, then a stock and cream gravy built…

45 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Creamy Turkey Gravy

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Creamy Turkey Gravy

Giblet stock and roasting tin juices built into a proper roux gravy, finished with a modest amount of double cream…

40 min Serves 8 Medium

Illustration of Creamy Wholegrain Mustard Gravy

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Creamy Wholegrain Mustard Gravy

Chicken stock sharpened with cider vinegar and honey, softened with double cream, and stirred through with a…

23 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Creme Fraiche Gravy

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Creme Fraiche Gravy

A quick chicken pan gravy finished with full fat creme fraiche and chives, sharper and lighter than a double cream…

20 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Dairy Free Creamy Gravy

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Dairy Free Creamy Gravy

A vegan gravy with real body, built on browned shallots and miso, thickened with cornflour and finished with an oat…

28 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Diane Sauce

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Diane Sauce

The full steak Diane set of components: shallot, garlic, mushrooms, brandy, Worcestershire sauce, Dijon, beef stock…

30 min Serves 4 Medium

Illustration of Garlic Cream Gravy

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Garlic Cream Gravy

A whole head of garlic simmered soft in stock until sweet and mellow, mashed to a puree and finished with double…

40 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Horseradish Cream Gravy

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Horseradish Cream Gravy

A rich beef gravy reduced hard and then finished off the heat with double cream and fresh grated horseradish, so the…

26 min Serves 6 Easy

Illustration of Lighter Creamy Gravy

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Lighter Creamy Gravy

Half the fat of a standard cream gravy, using light evaporated milk thickened with cornflour and lifted at the end…

17 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Mustard Cream Gravy

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Mustard Cream Gravy

White wine reduced with shallot, built up with chicken stock and double cream, then finished off the heat with Dijon…

20 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Parmesan Cream Gravy

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Parmesan Cream Gravy

Chicken stock simmered with a Parmesan rind for depth, reduced with cream and garlic, then finished off the heat…

35 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Soured Cream Gravy

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Soured Cream Gravy

A paprika and caraway pan gravy finished with soured cream that has been stabilised with flour and tempered, so it…

28 min Serves 4 Medium

Illustration of Stilton and Port Gravy

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Stilton and Port Gravy

Port reduced to a syrup with thyme and shallot, built with beef stock and a little cream, then finished off the heat…

33 min Serves 6 Medium

Illustration of Tarragon Cream Gravy

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Tarragon Cream Gravy

Vermouth and shallot reduced right down, built with chicken stock and double cream, and finished with a generous…

26 min Serves 4 Medium

Illustration of Whisky Cream Gravy for Steak

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Whisky Cream Gravy for Steak

Shallots and cracked pepper deglazed with Scotch whisky, reduced with beef stock and a spoon of marmalade, then…

28 min Serves 4 Medium