Onion Gravies
Balsamic Onion Gravy
Onions browned hard in olive oil, balsamic vinegar reduced right down to a syrup before the stock goes in, and no…
Onion Gravies
Slow softened onions, deep colour and sweetness. The backbone of British comfort food.
26 recipes in this collection
Onion Gravies
Caramelised Red Onion Gravy
Red onions taken dark and jammy with a pinch of bicarbonate of soda to speed things along, sharpened with red wine…
Onion Gravies
Classic British Onion Gravy
Three brown onions cooked down slowly in butter and oil, built into a flour thickened beef gravy that stays glossy…
Onion Gravies
Crispy Onion Gravy
Half the onions go into the gravy soft and dark, half are floured and shallow fried until crisp, then scattered on…
Onion Gravies
French Onion Style Gravy
A kilo of onions taken to the far end of caramelisation over 45 minutes, deglazed with sherry, and turned into a…
Onion Gravies
Leek and Onion Gravy
Softened leeks and one brown onion in butter, no browning, finished with a splash of cream and a little wholegrain…
Onion Gravies
Onion and Ale Gravy
Dark onions and a bottle of English bitter reduced hard to take the edge off, thickened with a little flour and…
Onion Gravies
Onion Gravy for Bangers and Mash
Built in the sausage pan so nothing is wasted, with thick cut onions, three separate deglazes and a cornflour finish…
Onion Gravies
Onion Gravy for Faggots
A thinner, darker Black Country style gravy with finely chopped onions, made to be baked around faggots so it takes…
Onion Gravies
Onion Gravy for Liver and Bacon
Built straight in the pan the bacon and liver came out of, with onions cooked in bacon fat and a sherry vinegar…
Onion Gravies
Onion Gravy for Steak Pie
A deliberately thick, heavily reduced onion gravy made to fill a pie without turning the pastry to mush, cooled…
Onion Gravies
Onion Gravy with Beef Stock Cubes
A store cupboard gravy built around stock cubes, with the salt controlled by using fewer cubes than the packet says…
Onion Gravies
Onion Gravy with Cornflour, No Roux
A gluten free onion gravy thickened at the very end with a cornflour slurry, which gives a clear, glossy finish…
Onion Gravies
Onion Gravy with Marmite
A deeply savoury onion gravy that uses Marmite instead of stock, so it is made with nothing but water, onions, flour…
Onion Gravies
Onion Gravy with Port
Shallots and onions cooked together, ruby port reduced to a syrup, a spoon of redcurrant jelly, and the whole thing…
Onion Gravies
Onion Gravy with Sage
Sage leaves crisped in butter first and used two ways, half chopped into the gravy and half kept whole on top, over…
Onion Gravies
Onion Gravy with Wholegrain Mustard
Medium browned onions, a cider deglaze and two tablespoons of wholegrain mustard stirred in off the heat so the…
Onion Gravies
Pickled Onion Gravy
Fresh onions cooked down as usual, then a handful of chopped pickled onions and a splash of their vinegar stirred in…
Onion Gravies
Quick Fifteen Minute Onion Gravy
An honest shortcut gravy using very thinly sliced onions, a hot pan, sugar and a pinch of bicarbonate of soda, ready…
Onion Gravies
Roasted Garlic and Onion Gravy
A whole bulb of garlic roasted until it is sweet and spreadable, squeezed into softened onions and blitzed smooth…
Onion Gravies
Shallot and Thyme Gravy
Banana shallots cooked gently in butter to a soft gold, white wine reduced down hard, and a chicken stock gravy…
Onion Gravies
Slow Cooker Onion Gravy
A kilo of onions left in the slow cooker for six hours until they collapse into jam, then finished on the hob with…
Onion Gravies
Spring Onion Gravy
A quick, light gravy using two bunches of spring onions, whites softened in butter and greens stirred in at the very…
Onion Gravies
Sticky Onion and Honey Gravy
Onions taken dark, honey added late so it does not scorch, and the gravy reduced until it clings to a spoon rather…
Onion Gravies
Sweet White Onion Gravy
White onions sweated under a lid with no colour at all, built into a blond roux gravy that stays pale, sweet and…
Onion Gravies
Vegan Onion Gravy
Onions caramelised in olive oil with a splash of soy sauce and a spoon of yeast extract for savoury weight,…