mince garlic Archives - Just Julie https://www.julieolive.co.uk/tag/mince-garlic/ A Malaysian lost in Britain Thu, 27 Dec 2018 23:35:26 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 134825744 White Wine Chicken/Turkey Gravy https://www.julieolive.co.uk/2018/12/27/white-wine-chicken-turkey-gravy/ https://www.julieolive.co.uk/2018/12/27/white-wine-chicken-turkey-gravy/#respond Thu, 27 Dec 2018 22:04:20 +0000 https://www.julieolive.co.uk/?p=473 White Wine Chicken/Turkey Gravy. One the most important thing that ties a dish together is the sauce, gravy or jus. In my home there is never enough gravy.  Everyone fights for it barred me. If I turn my back my husband might drink it!  When I am not lazy I will take the time to …

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White Wine Chicken/Turkey Gravy. One the most important thing that ties a dish together is the sauce, gravy or jus. In my home there is never enough gravy.  Everyone fights for it barred me. If I turn my back my husband might drink it! 

When I am not lazy I will take the time to make a nice gravy. If I am lazy then I just use the fats from the roast protein, mix with flour and then chicken stock. That is the easiest gravy. When I am extremely hardworking I will make a fresh chicken stock by browning chopped chicken wings with onions and boiling them in water to make a nice stock. 

However if I have the time I will make a white wine gravy. Today daughter is not working and she requested for this as there’s half a bottle of white wine left so white wine gravy it is for today roast turkey lunch.

You just cannot have a roast dinner without gravy. Mixing cornflour with chicken cube and water is NOT gravy.

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White Wine Chicken/Turkey Gravy

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 1 tbsp mince shallots
  • ½ tbsp mince garlic
  • 1 cup white wine
  • 1 pint chicken stock
  • Dash salt and pepper
  • 1 tbsp roux equal amount of flour mix with butter

Instructions

  • Melt butter in a saucepan. Add in the shallots and garlic. Fry till translucent but not brown.
  • Add in the white wine and reduce to half by boiling.
  • Add in the stock and reduce to half by boiling.
  • After the sauce is reduced then add in the roux to thicken.
  • Lastly tip in the juice from the roasting tin and add in another slice of butter (optional)
  • Taste and season if you wish.

Notes

You can sieve the gravy so that it is smooth. My boy lollipop do not like the bits. However it is entirely up to you.

  • Melt butter in a saucepan.

  • Add in the shallots & garlic. Fry till translucent but not brown.

  • Add in the white wine and reduce to half by boiling.

  • Add in the stock and reduce to half by boiling.
  • Stir till smooth
  • Continue boiling

  • After the sauce is reduced then add in the roux to thicken.

  • tip in the juice from the roasting tin
  • Taste & season then sieve
  • Your gravy is done!
  • You cannot have a roast without gravy

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This creamy leeks vegetable side dish is a good accompaniment to any dishes and for cheese lovers you can of course add in more cheese. It goes very well with simple pan seared salmon, gammon ham, anything really.

I know I moan about the British and their forever boiled vegetables but this is one of them boiled vegetables that is nice to eat. The purist will tell you that there is nothing more deeply comforting than a dish of boiled vegetables covered in a savoury white sauce. My family is very partial to this creamy leeks dish.

Please feel free to add crispy bacon on top.

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Creamy leeks

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 1 tsp mince garlic
  • 300 g small leeks sliced
  • ½ juice of half a lemon
  • 1 cup chicken stock
  • 2 to 5 tbsp double cream
  • 2 to 3 tbsp Parmesan cheese grated
  • pinch salt and pepper

Instructions

  • Melt the butter over medium heat add in the mince garlic and leeks. Give them a good stir till the leeks soften. Add in the chicken stock and lemon juice. Let everything simmer for about 10 to 15 minutes
  • Then add in the cream, season with salt and pepper. Finally sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese.

Notes

Creamy leeks is a good side dish to accompany any protein. I love it especially with fish. You can of course add in a bit of spring onions for the extra ‘onion’ taste at the end.

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