Gravy...

[sapphire]

I'm doing a roast dinner today (first since christmas day - typical the sun has come out) and I dodn't want to make gravy from granules as I'm making everything else from scratch (yorkshire pudding etc)....SOO

Can anyone help me out - how do I make gravy ()?

Thanks
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[emsie]

Ok well what I do is take the meat pan, and pour off any fat.

Put the dish on a lowish heat on the hob, and stir in some flour about a dessert spoon, and stir a lot, to make sure there are no lumps, then I add a spoonful of marmite (for colour and flavor) a splash of vino, and some vegetable water, then I adjust the heat and make it boil to thicken.

You could add some stock or bullion if you have it, but I don't have that sort of thing at home.

[sapphire]

right will give that a go!!!

[elliesha]

I do it a different way

I use the meat tin with the fat,(on the hob) add some flour mix it in till all the flour is mixed well, then add 2 oxo cubes, a dash of gravy browning and then the water off the veg a little at a time until the gravy is the right consistency

I never use granules i hate it, it puts a film over my tongue its

[sapphire]

I never use granules i hate it, it puts a film over my tongue its

I know they're disguisting. Mine are so out of date because I never have gravy

[emsie]

I never use granules i hate it, it puts a film over my tongue its

It's pure chemicles isn't it? Are the cubes different then?

[elliesha]

It's pure chemicles isn't it? Are the cubes different then?

Well if i have cooked beef, or pork or lamb, i wont use cubes, as you get the flavcours from the meat but 90% of the time in this house we have chicken, so i find putting in an oxo helps with a better flavour, and adding an oxo cube is nothing like BISTO