I love brown gravy. It's very high up there on my favorite foods list. In fact, the year I met my husband in Korea, he asked what I wanted for Christmas, and knew that I wasn't joking when I said I wanted Mashed Potatoes and Gravy. Being in Korea that wasn't easy to find, but he got me a GIANT bag of both which may or may not have been pilfered from the DFAC. Such a happy Christmas - Mashed Potatoes, Gravy and a proposal.
Anyhow, I'm trying to get away from package mixes, and I had a craving for Salisbury Steak. You need gravy for that but I would either have to go to the store to buy the packet, or I would need to make it myself. So I made it, and let me tell you I was pleasantly surprised. I saw several variations, and chose this one which uses flour. (I won't use nonfat milk powder, and I don't like corn starch).
This is such an easy recipe. I did have to buy Bayleaves, Celery Seeds and the Beef Granules, but it was all relatively inexpensive to buy. All you needed to do was to put the ingredients sans flour into a food processor, then add it to flour and put it in an air tight jar. To make the gravy you just needed to take 1/4 C of the mix and wisk it into 2 cups of water and heat it until it thickens.
It really tasted and smelled great and not too different from that deliciousness that you usually get in a packet.
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