How To Make a Roast Beef Gravy

beef broth

🥗Healthier: vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: chicken broth

Vegetable broth can reduce sodium and calories.

cream

🥗Healthier: milk

💰Cheaper: half-and-half

Milk reduces calories while maintaining creaminess.

Roast beef on a trivet of onions, celery, carrots, garlic, and a little bit of red wine.

Collect the juices left over after roasting the beef.

Place the roasting pan over high heat to bring the juices up to temperature.

Sprinkle in two large pinches of flour and work it in, adjusting for desired thickness.

Pour in half a pint or more of beef stock and work it in with the flour.

Use a potato masher to squish down the vegetables to release more flavor.

Taste the gravy to check if it needs salt or pepper, adjusting as necessary.

Separate the gravy from the vegetables using a fine mesh sieve into a saucepan.

Put the gravy on a gentle simmer and simmer it down to the desired thickness.

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