Healthy Christmas recipe for 8 people, takes only 25 mins; recipe has sunflower oil, onion, carrot, ketchup, porcini mushrooms, balsamic vinegar, vegetable stock and cornflour.
Healthy gravy
Course: Healthy Christmas
Servings
8
servings
Prep time
5 mins
Ingredients
- Onion: 1 large onion, chopped
- Vegetable Stock: 1l low-salt vegetable stock, or chicken stock if not making it vegetarian
- Carrot: 3 large carrots, chopped
- Balsamic Vinegar: 3 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- Sunflower Oil: 1 tsp sunflower oil
- Ketchup: 1 tbsp ketchup
- Cornflour: 1 tbsp cornflour
- Porcini Mushrooms: handful dried porcini mushrooms
Directions
- Heat the oil in a saucepan then add the vegetables and cook them over a medium-high heat for 10-15 mins to brown - if they burn at the edges, then all the better. Stir in the ketchup and dried mushrooms and cook together until everything becomes sticky, then splash in the vinegar. Stir in the stock and season with a pinch of salt, if you like. Bring to the boil, then simmer gently for 20 mins.
- Using a hand blender, blitz to create a thin soup-like consistency, then pass through a sieve into another saucepan and bring to the simmer. Slake the cornflour with a splash of water, then pour into the liquid and continue to cook until thickened. Serve straightaway, chill, or freeze for reheating at a later date.Can be frozen for up to three months in an airtight container.
