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Anchovy and Rosemary Gravy
Four anchovy fillets melted into the fat with rosemary and garlic, which disappear entirely and leave a lamb gravy…
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Marmite, miso, coffee, chocolate, blackberries. The ones that sound daft and taste brilliant.
26 recipes in this collection
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Bacon Jam Gravy
Streaky bacon cooked down with onion, brown sugar and vinegar into a rough jam, then loosened with stock into a…
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Black Garlic Gravy
Four cloves of black garlic mashed to a paste and whisked into a red wine beef gravy, giving a sweet balsamic depth…
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Blackberry Gravy for Game
A handful of blackberries burst into a red wine and game stock reduction, sieved smooth, giving a dark purple gravy…
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Bramley Apple Gravy
One cooking apple collapsed into onions and cider, then blended smooth, so you get the sharpness of apple sauce with…
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Brown Sauce Gravy
Two tablespoons of brown sauce whisked into an onion gravy, bringing tamarind, dates and malt vinegar in one go for…
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Chilli and Chocolate Gravy
A dark beef gravy with chipotle and 15g of 70 per cent chocolate melted in off the heat, giving warmth and a bitter…
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Coffee and Cocoa Beef Gravy
A beef roasting tin gravy with a teaspoon of instant espresso and a teaspoon of cocoa stirred in, which reads as…
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Cranberry and Star Anise Gravy
Turkey gravy with two tablespoons of cranberry sauce and a single star anise, simmered and then removed, so the…
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Curry Leaf and Mustard Seed Gravy
Black mustard seeds popped in hot oil with curry leaves, then built into a chicken gravy with a squeeze of lime,…
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Honey and Soy Gravy
Soy sauce, honey and rice vinegar reduced with chicken stock and thickened with cornflour, giving a shiny sticky…
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Horseradish and Beetroot Gravy
Grated cooked beetroot simmered into a beef gravy for earthy sweetness and colour, with hot horseradish stirred in…
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Juniper and Gin Gravy
Crushed juniper berries and a shot of gin cooked into a beef stock gravy, giving a piney, resinous edge that suits…
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Marmalade and Ginger Gravy
A quick pan gravy with two tablespoons of bitter Seville marmalade and grated fresh ginger, sharpened with soy,…
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Marmite Gravy
A plain onion and flour gravy with two teaspoons of Marmite whisked in at the end, which turns a stock cube into…
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Mint Sauce Gravy for Lamb
A proper lamb gravy with a tablespoon of sharp mint sauce stirred in off the heat, so you get the mint and the…
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Miso Butter Gravy
Chicken stock reduced hard, thickened with cornflour and finished with cold butter beaten together with white miso,…
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Orange and Star Anise Duck Gravy
Fresh orange juice and zest reduced hard with duck stock and one star anise, thickened with arrowroot so it stays…
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Pickle Brine Gravy
The vinegar from the bottom of a gherkin jar used in place of some of the stock, giving a sharp, dilly gravy that…
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Redcurrant Jelly Gravy
Lamb pan juices deglazed with wine, reduced, and finished with two tablespoons of redcurrant jelly for a sweet sharp…
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Smoked Paprika Gravy
Sweet smoked paprika bloomed in hot fat before the flour goes in, which gives a rust coloured gravy that tastes like…
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Sticky Balsamic and Fig Gravy
Dried figs simmered soft in stock and balsamic, then blended and let down, giving a thick, dark, faintly sweet gravy…
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Tamarind and Date Gravy
Soft dates blitzed into a stock with a spoon of tamarind paste, giving a thick sweet and sour gravy with no flour…
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Tomato Ketchup Gravy
A caff style gravy with two tablespoons of ketchup for sweetness, acid and body, the kind that goes over sausages,…
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Truffle Gravy
A pale chicken gravy with mushrooms, finished with half a teaspoon of truffle oil stirred in at the very last second…
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Worcestershire Sauce Gravy
A straightforward beef gravy carried by a tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce, which brings tamarind, anchovy and…