Jamie's make ahead gravy

[dingit]

Anyone else like to just tip it over his smug head? It keeps cropping up everywhere. Make ahead gravy my arse. Just who can be bothered

[FreeButtonBee]

me! The gravy is always the last thing to be made so everything else is getting cold and there I am begging it not to go lumpy. This way I add a bit of turkey juices and some cranberry sauce and we're good to go. Made mine in November. Also volume. I have 3 Northerns coming for Christmas. They need a pint of gravy each!!

[ZeViteVitchofCwismas]

DH, he has been sucked into making it - I want to buy M and s Posh gravey and build on it

[redexpat]

Is it any good? Am off to google as I've not heard of it before. I guess it is a massive amount of faff but delicious end product?

[MrsPnut]

I made mine about a month ago, I started it whilst I was cooking dinner and finished it off whilst chatting in the kitchen after we'd eaten.
It didn't take much effort really and it does taste delicious.

[mumonashoestring]

I've made this the last few Christmases and it's gorgeous stuff. Not too faffy either as a lot of it is doing a bit, then leaving it to do its thing for a while. It's just so much easier than buggering about with flour and a whisk and all that nonsense whilst trying to cook veg, finish off sauces, serve/carve etc.

[Cheguevarahamster]

I've made it before and it the most tasteless pile of shite I have ever had the misfortune to taste.

[maybeshesawomble]

We didn't a couple of years ago and it was awful!

[Enkopkaffetak]

We have made it several times its delicious. Currently got chicken wings in the fridge waiting for us to make it.

[maybeshesawomble]

We 'did it'...

DH is the cook in our house and his normal gravy is amazing but the make ahead was tasteless.

[ArcticMumkey]

ummm.....me! made and frozen today. Cooking for 10 on christmas day so one less thing to do!

[hussherbye]

It's sooooooooooooooooo good. And easy

[Waffles80]

It's brilliant.

[dingit]

Well that told me then

(Still eyeing up saved pot of bits of stock in freezer and jar of bistro best.)

[EsmesBees]

I did it once and it was a complete waste of time. Like bland chicken stock.

[TulipsInAJug]

I watched him make it on TV a few years ago. It looked disgusting. And a real faff, like most of his stuff.

I simply make it from the juices of the turkey and the vegetables on the day, a tiny bit of bisto, and a slug of port. Delicious.

[hippoinamudhole]

Me too. Mine's in the freezer. Much easier than faffing about when trying to cook dinner

[Hassled]

I've made it the last few years - I think it's absolutely lovely, and it does make the day easier when you already have the basis of a really nice gravy. I take my gravy insanely seriously, mind you - a roast meal lives or dies by the quality of the gravy.

[Sussex1983]

I must have done something wrong, because I made it & thought it was rubbish.

Prefer the usual gravy I make for a roast (butter, flour wine & jelly in with the stock), or the M&S ready made one. Both much quicker & cheaper to make.

[ZeViteVitchofCwismas]

dh is really keen to make it - I think it will be bland I dont want it.

[hussherbye]

I have to say it doesn't taste amazing once made- it benefits from sitting in the fridge a bit, then once mixed with fresh turkey juices its magic

[PlumsGalore]

I do it every year, I do leave out the star anise now though as it adds a horrid aftertaste. It saves so much time on the day and tastes the best.

[JustSpeakSense]

I did that one year, it was such a faff, and really not worth the effort. I now buy M&S ready made posh turkey gravy, its Delicious.

[Bauble16]

I found it bland and watery? Can't have done it right hmm. I like turkey juices, rosemary, some granules. Always nice

[JennyWoodentop]

I usually make onion gravy and freeze it, then on the day add wine, meat juices whatever. I've never tried Jamie's, but I do find making the gravy ahead of time is great as I run out of rings on the hob otherwise.

[Wombatron]

I buy m&s gravy - best you'll get round here!!