Basic Sauce/Gravy recipe. At its most basic, a rémoulade is a mayonnaise or aioli-based sauce that's often served for dipping with meat, fries, or seafood. This rémoulade is Louisiana's answer to the classic recipe, adding cornichons, a hearty mustard, and hot sauce. Its flavor is as lively as a parade down Bourbon Street and it's perfect on this shrimp po' boy.
For a pan gravy without flour, try this recipe. The secret is to use both chicken AND beef stock cubes. Beef adds colour and flavour oomph, whereas chicken is the base flavour. You can cook Basic Sauce/Gravy recipe using 5 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Basic Sauce/Gravy recipe
- Prepare 2 tbsp of Butter.
- Prepare 2 tbsp of Flour.
- It's 1 1/2 c of Milk or drippings.
- You need of Cheese of your choice, if doing a cheese sauce.
- It's of Opt: Any spices or flavors that you want your gravy.
Use crumbled cubes if you can as some brands of beef powder won't give the same nice brown colour (ends up pale). Fresh or dried herbs like sage, thyme or rosemary add so much extra flavor to gravy. I especially love adding sage when making turkey gravy. Half and half or cream added just before serving makes the gravy extra creamy and luscious.; Mushroom powder, Worcestershire sauce or fish sauce might sound odd to add to gravy, but they all add a savory, umami element.
Basic Sauce/Gravy recipe instructions
- Melt the butter in the saucepan..
- Once butter has melted add the flour. Opt: any spices or flavors you want to give your sauce exp. Salt, pepper, garlic can be added at this time..
- Once the butter/flour mix reaches a light golden brown, slowly add milk/drippings while stirring constantly..
- For cheese sauce: Once the milk becomes warm add the cheese again while constantly stirring. When making cheese sauce you can not leave the stove until done. It will burn and over cook very easily..
- Once the cheese is melted completely, serve warm..
Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Cover and shake until well mixed. Gradually stir mixture into hot broth. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Pour in one can Campbell's condensed beef broth, stirring well.