Vegetarian and Vegan Gravies

No meat, no compromise. Umami built from mushrooms, miso, onions and roasted veg.

26 recipes in this collection

Illustration of Beetroot Gravy

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Beetroot Gravy

Roasted beetroot blended into a deep crimson gravy, balanced with red wine vinegar and yeast extract so it tastes…

1 hr 15 min Serves 5 Medium

Illustration of Best Vegan Onion Gravy

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Best Vegan Onion Gravy

Three big onions taken slowly to a deep mahogany brown, then built into a glossy gravy with yeast extract and…

1 hr 5 min Serves 6 Easy

Illustration of Caramelised Carrot Gravy

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Caramelised Carrot Gravy

Carrots roasted until the edges blacken and the sugars turn, blended with white miso into a sweet orange gravy with…

1 hr 5 min Serves 5 Easy

Illustration of Cashew Cream Gravy

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Cashew Cream Gravy

Soaked cashews blended with stock and white miso into a rich, silky gravy that needs no flour and no dairy at all.

35 min Serves 5 Easy

Illustration of Chestnut and Sage Gravy

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Chestnut and Sage Gravy

Cooked chestnuts browned in butter with sage until the leaves crisp, then blended into a sweet, nutty gravy with…

40 min Serves 6 Easy

Illustration of Lentil Gravy

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Lentil Gravy

Red lentils cooked down until they collapse, blended smooth and seasoned with tamari so they thicken the gravy…

50 min Serves 6 Easy

Illustration of Miso and Mushroom Vegan Gravy

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Miso and Mushroom Vegan Gravy

Brown rice miso whisked in off the heat over hard browned mushrooms, giving a gravy that is salty, deep and faintly…

35 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Nutritional Yeast Gravy

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Nutritional Yeast Gravy

Nutritional yeast toasted in the roux until it smells like cheese on toast, then loosened with stock for a savoury…

25 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Oat Milk Gravy

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Oat Milk Gravy

A softer, paler gravy made with half stock and half oat milk, given savoury weight by browned onions and nutritional…

30 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Roast Garlic Vegan Gravy

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Roast Garlic Vegan Gravy

Two whole bulbs of garlic roasted until soft and sweet, squeezed out and blended into a mellow gravy with…

1 hr 15 min Serves 5 Easy

Illustration of Roasted Vegetable Gravy

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Roasted Vegetable Gravy

Everything roasted hard until the edges blacken slightly, then simmered and blended so the vegetables themselves…

1 hr 20 min Serves 6 Medium

Illustration of Seaweed and Mushroom Umami Gravy

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Seaweed and Mushroom Umami Gravy

Kombu and dried shiitake steeped into a savoury broth, then built into a gravy that tastes of the sea without…

55 min Serves 5 Medium

Illustration of Smoky Paprika Vegan Gravy

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Smoky Paprika Vegan Gravy

Smoked paprika bloomed in hot oil with tomato puree and molasses, for a dark gravy that tastes like something was…

35 min Serves 5 Easy

Illustration of Tomato and Herb Vegan Gravy

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Tomato and Herb Vegan Gravy

Tomato puree fried until it turns brick red and sweet, built out with passata, oregano and balsamic into a bright,…

35 min Serves 5 Easy

Illustration of Vegan Bisto Style Gravy from Scratch

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Vegan Bisto Style Gravy from Scratch

A homemade take on the granule flavour everyone grew up with, built from darkly toasted flour, onion powder and…

25 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Vegan Gluten Free Gravy

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Vegan Gluten Free Gravy

No flour, no soy sauce, no yeast extract. Browned onions, mushrooms and tamari carry the savouriness and cornflour…

40 min Serves 5 Easy

Illustration of Vegan Gravy for Nut Roast

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Vegan Gravy for Nut Roast

Onion and sage gravy built partly in the nut roast tin, with cranberry and yeast extract to cut through a rich,…

45 min Serves 6 Easy

Illustration of Vegan Gravy with Balsamic and Thyme

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Vegan Gravy with Balsamic and Thyme

Balsamic vinegar boiled down to a sticky syrup with shallots and thyme, then stretched into a dark, sweet and sour…

40 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Vegan Gravy with Marmite and Soy

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Vegan Gravy with Marmite and Soy

A fast, unapologetically savoury gravy where Marmite and dark soy sauce do all the heavy lifting and cornflour…

25 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Vegan Mushroom Gravy

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Vegan Mushroom Gravy

Chestnut mushrooms seared hard until they squeak and brown, then lifted with dried porcini soaking liquor for a…

40 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Vegan Peppercorn Gravy

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Vegan Peppercorn Gravy

Cracked black and green peppercorns toasted in vegan butter, deglazed with brandy and finished with oat cream for a…

30 min Serves 4 Medium

Illustration of Vegan Red Wine Gravy

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Vegan Red Wine Gravy

Half a bottle of red reduced down to a syrup with shallots, then built out with stock and finished with redcurrant…

55 min Serves 6 Medium

Illustration of Vegan Sausage and Mash Gravy

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Vegan Sausage and Mash Gravy

Built straight in the pan the vegan sausages were fried in, scraping up the browned crust they leave behind, with…

25 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Vegan White Gravy

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Vegan White Gravy

A pale, peppery bechamel style gravy built on soya milk and vegan butter, with white miso and nutritional yeast…

20 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Vegetarian Christmas Gravy

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Vegetarian Christmas Gravy

A big batch festive gravy with roasted onions and parsnips, port, cranberry and a proper butter roux, made a day or…

1 hr 40 min Serves 10 Medium

Illustration of Vegetarian Roast Dinner Gravy

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Vegetarian Roast Dinner Gravy

Roasted root veg, butter, tomato puree cooked out until it darkens and a slug of Henderson's Relish, built for a…

1 hr 15 min Serves 6 Medium