Red onion gravy

Home made gravy ... not as much as a faff as some might think, I made this due to not having any gravy granules at home, as I knew there was no way we could have toad in the hole for dinner and no gravy- that would have been a cardinal sin

It was definitely one of those 'chuck it in and lets see' moments, but when the husband and both kids declared ' right no more bisto for us' I knew it was worth the last minute throw together



For my red onion gravy you will need

1 large red onion sliced
A knob of butter
2-3 tbsp olive oil
Good pinch black pepper
1 vegetable stock cube
1/4 tsp onion salt
1/4 tsp garlic granules
2 level tbsp plain flour
A tbsp Worcester /brown sauce
400ml water

• In a heavy based pan, put your onions in along with the oil and saute them until they are soft and begining to caramelise
• Add in the butter, pepper, onion salt, garlic granules and cook through for a couple of minutes 
• Crumble in the stock cube, and sprinkle in the flour, stir and cook together for another couple of minutes - the flour will clump the onions together- this is fine as it will become smooth as you add in the liquid.
• Slowly add in the flour a little at a time, whisking as you go, keep whisking till all the flour has incorporated into the liquid and there are no lumps.
• Bring the gravy to boiling point, then lower the heat and leave to simmer until the gravy is at your preffered thickness. At this point you can blend the gravy for a smooth gravy or leave the onions in as they are.
• Taste the gravy at this point, adjust if need be and serve.. I served it with my Toad in the hole for our sunday dinner and it went down a treat