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This is the best zero waste gravy for your Christmas dinner. Save your vegetable peels and odds and ends and use it to make this tasty gravy. Easily made vegan.The best zero waste gravy for Christmas dinner

Lucy Bennett
Lucy BennettMarketing Manager
Posted on November 23, 2022
The best zero waste gravy for Christmas dinner

We're willing to say it - this is the best zero waste gravy for your Christmas dinner. Save your vegetable peels and odds and ends and use it to make this tasty gravy - easily made vegan by going without the bones! 


Ingredients

3 tbsp olive oil

1 tbsp tomato paste

1 tsp MSG (optional)

1 tbsp Marmite

100ml red wine

1 tsp soy sauce

600ml stock of your choice

2-3 carrots

2 onions

5 cloves garlic

2 cups celery tops, carrot tops, carrot skins, onion skins and any other root vegetable tops and skins

1 cup mushroom stalks

4 bay leaves

Generous amount of rosemary

1/2 tsp salt

Pepper

2 tbsp plain flour

Beef/lamb bones (optional) 

Method

Warm olive oil in a heavy-bottomed pan

Add small cubes of veg and veg skins and cook them on low until golden brown (optional: you can add your bones here too)

Stir in your tomato paste thoroughly

Follow by stirring in your flour

Pour in your red wine and make sure nothing is stuck to the pan

Add everything else and allow it to simmer for 1 - 3 hours

Strain through a sieve


Top tips:

Too loose? Add a cornflour slurry to help it to thicken up, or simply allow it to simmer for longer.

Too salty? Add a splash of vinegar. 


More recipes: 

Zero waste vegan pumpkin pie recipe 

Easy vegan chocolate mousse recipe

Easy zero waste roast veg soup recipe

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