How to thicken gravy?

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I want to make liver and bacon in the week, I would usually use flour to thicken the gravy. What can I used instead?

I've sort of thickened in the past with carrots and celeriac cooked to really soft in the gravy and then pushed them through a sieve and mixing it all together. I thickened a soup once by accident by blitzing some chicken breast that I'd put into it.

Arrowroot powder. Mix it in a little cold water first then add to gravy and heat.

I have arrowroot powder, not sure I can be doing with the mashed veg option on a weeknight

You can use cream as a thickener - you need to make a jus then add cream and boil it down.

I used ground almonds last week.

I second arrow root powder. Make a slurry with cold water and then add it to the hot dish. Don't hang around for too long after adding the arrow root.

It's 6g carbs per 100g and you only need about 2 tsp, so carbs are fairly negligible.

Thank you all, I had success with the arrowroot powder.
I was tempted by trying cream but didn't want to alter the taste and have ds turn his nose up at it.

I made gravy last week with a couple of lumps of butternut squash in it (I have a bag of frozen chunks, but fresh would work).

Cook/boil until soft, then puree. Gave just enough "body" to the gravy.