Gravy for mashed potatoes without meat

Classic gravy recipe for mashed potatoes! There are many different recipes for homemade sauces that complement mashed potatoes as an independent dish or side dish. Every housewife has her own favorite recipe. But the most popular is a butter-based gravy.
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Composition / ingredients

servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 4 % 1 g
Fats 79 % 19 g
Carbohydrates 17 % 4 g
186 kcal
GI: 0 / 0 / 100

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 15 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    Prepare the ingredients according to the list. There are always products for sauce at home, they are not expensive, so this gravy is economical. Butter must be used to make the sauce, it must be natural and fresh, so that it does not spoil the taste of the dish, and the sauce turns out not only delicious, but also useful. Wheat flour is needed to give the sauce a pleasant nutty taste and density.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Put a piece of butter in the pan, melt it. If the gravy is prepared in large quantities, then it is more convenient to cook it in a saucepan or saucepan, for this it is better to melt the butter in a water bath or in a microwave, then pour it into a saucepan.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Pour wheat flour into the melted butter in small portions, stirring constantly with a spatula so that the flour does not gather into lumps and boil the sauce over low heat until the base of the sauce thickens and acquires a caramel brown color, and a light nut flavor appears.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    After pouring clean cold water into the pan with the creamy mixture in a thin stream, mix the contents of the pan with a spatula to see how thick the sauce turns out, if necessary, you can add a little more water.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Add salt and ground black pepper to taste, mix again. Let the mixture boil and turn off the fire. It should be borne in mind that after cooling down, such watering becomes thicker, so it is better to make it more liquid so that when served ready, it does not become thick as porridge.

When preparing such a sauce, it is important to observe the proportions so that the gravy turns out to be the right thickness and the taste is excellent. This gravy tastes familiar to many from childhood, it is often served with mashed potatoes in kindergarten and at school. It will perfectly complement the main dish of mashed potatoes with cutlets, meatballs, chicken and fish. This sauce makes the taste of the dish more tender, and the dish itself juicy and satisfying.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Ground black pepper - 255   kcal/100g
  • Butter 82% - 734   kcal/100g
  • Amateur unsalted butter - 709   kcal/100g
  • Unsalted peasant butter - 661   kcal/100g
  • Peasant salted butter - 652   kcal/100g
  • Melted butter - 869   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g
  • Wheat flour - 325   kcal/100g

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