Quick and Easy Gravies

Weeknight gravy that still tastes like you meant it. Most of these are done inside fifteen minutes.

26 recipes in this collection

Illustration of Air Fryer Drippings Gravy

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Air Fryer Drippings Gravy

The sticky brown residue in the bottom of an air fryer drawer is worth having, and this shows you how to get it out…

9 min Serves 2 Easy

Illustration of Camping Stove Gravy

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Camping Stove Gravy

One pot, one burner, all shelf stable ingredients you can carry, and a method that works with the fierce uneven heat…

8 min Serves 2 Easy

Illustration of Cornflour Gravy in Five Minutes

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Cornflour Gravy in Five Minutes

No roux, no waiting, just hot stock brought to the boil and thickened with a cold cornflour slurry. Naturally gluten…

5 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Emergency Gravy with No Stock

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Emergency Gravy with No Stock

No stock, no cubes, no granules, nothing but water and the savoury bottles at the back of the cupboard, built up in…

13 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Five Ingredient Gravy

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Five Ingredient Gravy

Butter, flour, stock, onion and a spoon of jelly. Five things, nothing else, and every one of them earning its place.

17 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Freezer to Table Gravy

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Freezer to Table Gravy

How to take a block of frozen gravy and get it back to something you would be happy to pour, including the three…

11 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Gravy for a Sausage Sandwich

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Gravy for a Sausage Sandwich

Made deliberately thick and strongly seasoned so it clings to the sausages and does not turn the bottom slice of…

10 min Serves 2 Easy

Illustration of Gravy for Instant Mash

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Gravy for Instant Mash

Instant mash is bland and slightly sweet, so this gravy is made saltier, sharper and thinner than usual to…

10 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Gravy from a Roast Chicken Tray

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Gravy from a Roast Chicken Tray

Everything left in the tray after a roast chicken, shop bought or home cooked, turned into gravy in about ten minutes.

11 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Gravy from a Stock Cube, Done Properly

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Gravy from a Stock Cube, Done Properly

A stock cube treated as an ingredient rather than an apology, with the salt dialled back, a bit of fat added and a…

13 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Gravy from Bouillon Powder

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Gravy from Bouillon Powder

Bouillon powder lets you dial the strength up and down by the spoonful, which makes it the most controllable…

12 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Gravy with Bisto and Fresh Herbs

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Gravy with Bisto and Fresh Herbs

Bisto made up as normal, then infused off the heat with a fistful of soft herbs and strained, which gives it a fresh…

10 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Instant Gravy with Pan Scrapings

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Instant Gravy with Pan Scrapings

Whatever you just fried leaves a fortune stuck to the pan. Deglaze it, whisk in granules, and you have real gravy in…

4 min Serves 2 Easy

Illustration of Kettle Gravy

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Kettle Gravy

Built entirely in a heatproof jug with nothing but a kettle and a whisk, for hotel rooms, offices, halls and…

5 min Serves 2 Easy

Illustration of Microwave Gravy

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Microwave Gravy

Made entirely in a jug in the microwave with a cornflour slurry, whisked between bursts, no hob and one thing to…

8 min Serves 2 Easy

Illustration of One Pan Sausage Gravy

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One Pan Sausage Gravy

Sausages fried, sausages out, gravy built in the same pan on the sticky brown bits they leave behind, and nothing…

14 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Pasta Water Gravy

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Pasta Water Gravy

The cloudy, salty, starchy water you were about to tip down the sink makes a gravy with real body and needs less…

10 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Quick Vegan Gravy in Ten Minutes

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Quick Vegan Gravy in Ten Minutes

Olive oil and flour, vegetable stock, and three savoury bits that between them cover the depth that meat juices…

10 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Shake and Pour Jar Gravy

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Shake and Pour Jar Gravy

Flour and cold liquid shaken to a smooth slurry in a screw top jar, then poured into simmering stock. No roux, no…

10 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Single Portion Gravy

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Single Portion Gravy

Scaled properly for one, made in the smallest pan you own, with the timings adjusted because small amounts of gravy…

8 min Serves 1 Easy

Illustration of Store Cupboard Gravy

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Store Cupboard Gravy

Built entirely from things that live in a cupboard, no fresh onion, no fresh stock, no meat juices, and it still…

10 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Student Budget Gravy

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Student Budget Gravy

Made from the cheapest shelf in the supermarket, works out at a few pence a portion, and does not taste like a…

16 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Sunday Gravy Made Saturday Night

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Sunday Gravy Made Saturday Night

The whole gravy made the night before while you have time, so on Sunday all you do is stir in the roasting tin…

35 min Serves 6 Easy

Illustration of Ten Minute Weeknight Gravy

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Ten Minute Weeknight Gravy

A small butter and flour roux loosened with hot stock and sharpened with soy and a spoon of jelly, ready in the time…

10 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Tinned Consomme Gravy

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Tinned Consomme Gravy

A tin of beef consomme is already a clarified, gelatine rich stock, which makes it the closest thing on a…

10 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Upgraded Gravy Granules

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Upgraded Gravy Granules

Granules made up short, then finished with fried onion, butter and a splash of something acidic so it tastes like it…

13 min Serves 4 Easy