Gravies from Around the World

Every country has its version. Japanese curry sauce, Filipino gravy, Caribbean brown stew.

26 recipes in this collection

Illustration of Australian Meat Pie Gravy

Gravies from Around the World

Australian Meat Pie Gravy

The thick pouring gravy served over a meat pie at an Australian bakery, seasoned with Vegemite and tomato sauce and…

25 min Serves 6 Easy

Illustration of Canadian Maple and Bacon Gravy

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Canadian Maple and Bacon Gravy

A smoky bacon fat roux gravy sweetened with real maple syrup and cut with cider vinegar, thick with black pepper and…

30 min Serves 6 Easy

Illustration of Caribbean Brown Stew Gravy

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Caribbean Brown Stew Gravy

The dark, sweet, scotch bonnet warmed gravy from brown stew chicken, coloured the traditional way by caramelising…

40 min Serves 6 Medium

Illustration of Chinese Brown Sauce Gravy

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Chinese Brown Sauce Gravy

The glossy soy and oyster sauce gravy from Cantonese cooking, built in minutes and thickened with a cornflour slurry…

15 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Dutch Jus for Roast Beef

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Dutch Jus for Roast Beef

Braadjus, the thin buttery roasting juices Dutch cooks serve with rosbief, deliberately unthickened and poured…

17 min Serves 6 Easy

Illustration of Filipino Chicken Gravy

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Filipino Chicken Gravy

The smooth, faintly sweet chicken gravy served with fried chicken across the Philippines, made from the frying fat…

25 min Serves 6 Easy

Illustration of German Rouladen Gravy

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German Rouladen Gravy

The dark braising gravy from beef rouladen, built on bacon, mustard and gherkin brine, thickened with a roux and…

55 min Serves 6 Medium

Illustration of Greek Lemon and Herb Roast Gravy

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Greek Lemon and Herb Roast Gravy

The lemony, oregano heavy pan juices from a Greek roast, loosened with stock and thickened only by reduction and a…

20 min Serves 6 Easy

Illustration of Hayashi Demi-Glace Sauce

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Hayashi Demi-Glace Sauce

The tomato and red wine beef sauce behind hayashi rice, a Japanese take on a French demi-glace with mushrooms,…

1 hr Serves 4 Medium

Illustration of Indian Roast Chicken Masala Gravy

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Indian Roast Chicken Masala Gravy

A roasting tin gravy built on onions cooked to a paste with ginger, garlic and ground spices, thickened by the…

55 min Serves 6 Medium

Illustration of Italian Sunday Sugo

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Italian Sunday Sugo

A long simmered tomato and meat sauce with pork ribs, beef and sausage, cooked for three hours until the meat falls…

3 hr 20 min Serves 8 Medium

Illustration of Jamaican Jerk Gravy

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Jamaican Jerk Gravy

A jerk seasoned gravy heavy on pimento, thyme and scotch bonnet, with spring onion and a splash of dark rum, made…

35 min Serves 6 Easy

Illustration of Japanese Curry Sauce

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Japanese Curry Sauce

Kare, the mild sweet brown curry sauce of Japanese home cooking, built from a slowly browned butter and curry powder…

55 min Serves 4 Medium

Illustration of Korean Gochujang Gravy

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Korean Gochujang Gravy

A sweet, savoury and gently fiery gravy built on gochujang and grated pear, with soy, sesame and garlic behind it.

25 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Mexican Mole Style Gravy

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Mexican Mole Style Gravy

A simplified mole style sauce with toasted dried chillies, nuts, seeds, spices and a little dark chocolate, blended…

2 hrs Serves 8 Hard

Illustration of Moroccan Ras el Hanout Gravy

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Moroccan Ras el Hanout Gravy

A fragrant tagine style gravy with ras el hanout, saffron and preserved lemon, thickened with ground almonds and…

45 min Serves 6 Easy

Illustration of Polish Mushroom Gravy

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Polish Mushroom Gravy

Sos grzybowy, a dried wild mushroom gravy loosened with soured cream and seasoned with marjoram and dill, dark and…

45 min Serves 6 Easy

Illustration of Portuguese Piri Piri Gravy

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Portuguese Piri Piri Gravy

A sharp, garlicky chilli gravy in the Portuguese style, built on piri piri chillies, smoked paprika, vinegar and…

30 min Serves 6 Easy

Illustration of Sauce Bordelaise

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Sauce Bordelaise

The classic Bordeaux red wine sauce, shallots and peppercorns reduced almost dry before a rich veal or beef stock…

45 min Serves 4 Medium

Illustration of Sauce Chasseur

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Sauce Chasseur

Hunter's sauce: mushrooms and shallots in white wine and tomato with a beef stock base, finished with tarragon and…

40 min Serves 4 Medium

Illustration of South African Monkey Gland Gravy

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South African Monkey Gland Gravy

The sweet and sour steakhouse sauce of South Africa, built on fruit chutney, Worcestershire sauce, tomato and…

35 min Serves 6 Easy

Illustration of Spanish Sherry and Almond Gravy

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Spanish Sherry and Almond Gravy

A gravy thickened the old Spanish way with a picada of fried bread, almonds and garlic, built on oloroso sherry and…

45 min Serves 6 Medium

Illustration of Swedish Meatball Gravy

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Swedish Meatball Gravy

Gräddsås, the pale creamy beef gravy for köttbullar, made with a blonde roux, stock and plenty of double cream,…

20 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Thai Peanut Gravy

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Thai Peanut Gravy

A coconut and peanut sauce in the style of Thai satay sauce, loosened into a pourable gravy with red curry paste,…

30 min Serves 4 Easy

Illustration of Turkish Spiced Lamb Gravy

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Turkish Spiced Lamb Gravy

A lamb gravy built on biber salçası, Turkish red pepper paste, with cumin, dried mint and pul biber, finished with a…

40 min Serves 6 Easy

Illustration of Vietnamese Star Anise Gravy

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Vietnamese Star Anise Gravy

A clear, aromatic beef gravy built on charred onion and ginger with the pho spice set, seasoned with fish sauce and…

50 min Serves 4 Medium