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Vegan Gravy

Ingredients (use vegan versions):

    8 tablespoons vegetable oil
    3-6 cloves of garlic, squashed and minced
    3 slices of yellow onion, chopped
    8 tablespoons all-purpose flour
    2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
    4 tablespoons Bragg's Liquid Aminos, low sodium soy sauce or tamari sauce
    2 1/2 cups water or vegetable broth (to start)
    1/2 teaspoon ground sage (dry)
    salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
    1/4 cup red wine or red wine vinegar
    2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
    6 sliced mushrooms (optional)

Directions:

In a medium saucepan heat oil on a medium or medium-low heat.  Add garlic and onion and cook until slightly tender and translucent.

Add the flour, yeast and soy (or tamari) to make a paste or roux. Be careful not to let it burn.  GRADUALLY add the water, stirring constantly.  With frequent stirring, bring the gravy to a boil and allow it to thicken.  Add sage, pepper, mushrooms, red wine (or red wine vinegar) and balsamic vinegar.

If the gravy is too thin (unlikely) add a small amount of cornstarch which has been dissolved in some cold water.  (Dissolving the cornstarch in water first will prevent lumps.)

You can add more water to the gravy if you want a lighter gravy for certain dishes.  The flavor is very strong and can easily handle the extra liquid. Its even better if you let it sit in the fridge overnight and gently reheat it.  This is great over a lentil loaf, bisquits, potatoes--just about anything you would want to smother with a rich gravy!  Enjoy!

Serves: Approx 4 cups

Preparation time: 15-20 minutes

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« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2006, 10:22:14 PM »

Omygaaah. 
This gravy is boooomb.  I made it without the mushrooms and without the sage just because I didn't have them around, and without the balsamic vinegar because I thought it would be too acidic.  But it was soooooo good.  Loved it.  Will go out of my way to find ways to use it. 
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« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2006, 01:40:16 PM »

This gravy is delicious!  I've made it for the past two Thanksgivings as well as any time I make mashed potatoes, loaves, or biscuits.  It is so good I can eat it straight out of the pot with a spoon like a soup.  I include every ingredient (wine, vinegar...) because I really think everything contributes to the wonderfully flavorful end result--but to each his own! Smiley
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« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2006, 03:17:26 PM »

The first time we made this, we put in the full amount of balsamic and red wine vinegar and it was way too overpowering.  The next time we made it we just added a splash of each and it was perfect. 
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« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2006, 09:23:15 AM »

I thought this recipe was great! Maybe a little heavy on the balsamic vinegar for me but I will be sure to make it again!
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« Reply #5 on: November 14, 2006, 08:23:54 AM »

This was GREAT!  Everyone loved it, including the kids.  Served it with maple sweet rolls and gimme lean sausage for breakfast.  Left out the vinegar and mushrooms and it was still soooooo good!  Can't wait to have it for Thanksgiving.  Wink
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« Reply #6 on: November 17, 2006, 07:07:04 PM »

left out the vinegar and  a little water but it was fantastic and i never  make gravy right, plus it was so cheap and  fits  a lot of different meals.thanks for the  great  food idea. Smiley
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« Reply #7 on: November 18, 2006, 09:28:01 PM »

Make this a few times every year.  It's very rich. I don't use the last four items.  I let it sit over night and  add a couple more cups more water the next day.  Everyone loves it and laps it up.  Great recipe! Smiley
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« Reply #8 on: November 23, 2006, 01:44:16 AM »

I can't even believe how good this came out.  I'm still in awe of it's incredibleness!  My boyfriend is a major carnivore and he was like, "wait, did you buy that?"  I am really ecstatic that I found this recipe.  Usually, I don't follow recipes so closely, but I was leary about how a vegan gravy would turn out, and it totally surprised me, thanks again for this recipe!
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« Reply #9 on: November 23, 2006, 01:36:25 PM »

This gravy was delicious! I made it for a family of 31 last Thanksgiving. Everyone loved it.  At first everyone was against me making them an all vegan Thanksgiving, but by the end everyone declared it was better than having a turkey! I didn't add the sage or red wine vinegar, but it was still delicious! Smiley
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« Reply #10 on: November 25, 2006, 03:30:20 AM »

this gravy--unbelievable. wonderful with shitake mushrooms.... also, i opted for red wine instead of the red wine vinegar. it was really incredible, and carnivores are more than happy with it (if that matters!).


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« Reply #11 on: November 26, 2006, 03:54:50 PM »

i used this recipe for ideas, along with some other recipes i found online and some of my own originality. id never thought of using tamari sauce, thanks! i found out you were right in saying that it has a very robust flavour.... since im partial to lighter foods in general, i added more veggie broth and a lot less vinegar. but even with half the amount of vinegar called for it was pretty strong tasting.

thanks!!

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« Reply #12 on: November 27, 2006, 01:07:11 PM »

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I was pretty disappointed in this recipe. Maybe it was the fact that I didn't have "Nutritional Yeast" handy for my Thanksgiving meal that threw the recipe off. But this ended up tasting a lot like a thick soy sauce. My husband kept saying it was like eating Beef with Broccoli. (he's not a vegetarian). I was so excited because I haven't had gravy in over six years. Not sure where all the raves were coming from with everyone else.
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« Reply #13 on: November 27, 2006, 02:25:02 PM »

It was marvelous and it tastes and smells like the fantastic gravy my mother used to make for her steaks. I made it three times already. I deviated from original recipe a bit by only using one tablespoon of Earth Balance instead of 8 spoons of oil. I also used rice flour instead of regular flour because I hate the after taste of regular flour in my mouth and throat. I didn't have any balsamic vinegar and I was too lazy to reach for the wine so I substituted 4 tablespoons of red wine vinegar the first time. It ended up being too strong and I had to throw the whole thing away. The second time around I used only 2 spoons vinegar and it was also too sour for my taste but it was much improved. The third time I only used  1/2 spoon of vinegar to perk it up and I also added 1 tablespoon of brown sugar on whim and it was absolutely perfect.
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« Reply #14 on: November 27, 2006, 02:32:20 PM »

Jenharding, yeah, it's the nutritional yeast that makes it so good. My mother's recipe for her gravy is kind of like this too with soy sauce, onion, red wine, garlic,  sugar, oil, cornstarch and the juice from her steaks. I tried for a long time to imitate it without the meat juice and failed miserably. It tasted like sugary soy sauce with cornstarch.
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