Making gravy when you haven't had a roast. How?

hayley_jayne

Hi, I am cooking a crown this year and don't think there will be enough juices for the gravy.

How can I make it taste ok? I was thinking buy ready make chicken stock?

Any help would be amazing!!!

H xx

janiebaby29

Ive made jamie's gravy using chicken wings

janiebaby29

2 cellery sticks, roughly chopped
- 2 large carrots, roughly chopped
- 2 large onions, roughly chopped
- 5 sage leaves
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 sprigs of rosemary
- 2 rashers of smoked bacon, diced
- Estimate, but looked like 7 or 8 chicken wings (bones cracked)
- Teaspoon of salt
- Good pinch of pepper
- 2 star anise

Mix it all well and roast for about an hour at 200'C or so. After it has roasted, remove from the oven and mash it all together with a potato masher on a high heat on the stove.

Add 2 tablespoons of ordinary flour per pint of gravy you intend to make. Add as much water as you would like to have gravy, and boil for 20 minutes, mashing occasionally to release the flavours.

Once it has boiled for 20 mins and darkened in colour, pass through a sieve and store in containers/bags in the fridge/freezer.

When it comes to using it, bring to the boil and mix in the juices from the roast turkey (drain the fat first). If you want to add an extra twang, mix in 2 heaped dessert spoons of cranberry jelly. I guess you could also add a few knobs of butter for some extra gloss and richness - after all, it is Christmas!

Serve, and ENJOY!

satnav10

Or just put some extra basting fat on top of the turkey before you cook.

hayley_jayne

Thanks so much!! xx

waddy80

Another vote for Jamies gravy. It was so good that I could have quite easily sat and eaten a bowl full like it was soup!

Pink.

Hi Hayley_Jayne,

These threads may help too:

Making gravy when you haven't had a roast.

Decent gravy please.

I'll add your thread to the first link later to keep the replies together.

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Stephen_Leak

waddy80 wrote: »

Another vote for Jamies gravy. It was so good that I could have quite easily sat and eaten a bowl full like it was soup!

From the recipe, it sort of is!

Diannec1985

can anyone suggest what I should buy from an OS/MS point of view? I am trying to use up everything I have in before I replace old with new HM stuff so I am not buying any fresh meat yet so cannot use any meat juices and would like gravy for our planned sunday lunch.

I am happy to buy gravy granules but moving forward is there anything I should get from a MS persepcetive?

Sure someone will have a good suggestion!

janb5

Hi- you could make an onion gravy- see deliaonline for recipe. That is really good tasty and quick!