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The Best Pepper and Mushroom Gravy Recipe

If you are a fan of mushrooms, then you should definitely make this pepper and mushroom gravy. Perfect for roast dinners!

Course Sauce, Side Dish
Cuisine Not Specific
Keyword mushroom and pepper, mushroom gravy, pepper gravy
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 1 cup
Calories 258 kcal
Author Nicolas

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Wrap your garlic clove, ginger and thyme springs tightly in some string, then stick the cloves inside the ginger or the garlic clove.

  2. Put your vegetable stock and bouquet garni (the wrapped aromatics) in a pot and bring to a boil. As soon as the stock starts boiling, turn the heat down low and gently simmer for about 5 minutes. Then turn the heat off and set aside.

  3. Meanwhile, put your peppercorns to a pestle mortar and bash until you get a course dust of pepper.

  4. Pre-heat a frying pan over medium-high heat. Add your butter, then add your mushrooms and fry for a couple of minutes until they develop some nice colour and wilt down.

  5. Add your flour and stir through.

  6. Add your red wine and stir through, you should get a paste-like consistency.

  7. Finally, add your infused stock (discard the bouquet garni), stir through, bring to a boil, turn the heat down low and then let the sauce simmer for about 5-10 minutes.

  8. Finish by adding your ground pepper and salt to taste, but be careful with the salt and taste as you go. Remember, you can add but you can't take away.

Recipe Notes

  • You could make this gravy in advance and then freeze it. You could also store it in ice-cube containers so that you have the sauce ready for multiple dinners.
  • If you want to make this sauce creamy, you can add some cream or some sour cream.
  • You don't have to infuse the sauce, but I recommend it. 
  • If you're gluten free, use gluten free flour instead of regular flour. 
  • If you're vegan, use olive oil instead of butter. 
  • Be generous with how much pepper you add, and grind your own peppercorns. 
Nutrition Facts
The Best Pepper and Mushroom Gravy Recipe
Amount Per Serving (1 cup)
Calories 258 Calories from Fat 124
% Daily Value*
Fat 13.8g21%
Saturated Fat 8.6g54%
Cholesterol 31mg10%
Sodium 533mg23%
Potassium 852mg24%
Carbohydrates 22.8g8%
Fiber 5.3g22%
Sugar 5.2g6%
Protein 8.5g17%
Calcium 60mg6%
Iron 10mg56%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.