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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2016 18:04:36 GMT
Does anyone know of a good catering type turkey/beef mix gravy powder, the sort they use in pubs please, the ones you can buy from the supermarket I find too salty and chemical tasting.
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Post by sqwerty on Oct 23, 2016 19:04:43 GMT
The brand I know of, for catering, is Maggi. You may be able to get some if you have a Makro wholesalers near you? (you can get smallish tubs hopefully, but they do have a lot of giant-sized supplies of various things!)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2016 19:11:19 GMT
Thanks sqwerty, I've heard of Maggi and hopefully someone will be able to tell us whether they've tried it. I was rather hoping someone has worked in the catering industry, I used to myself but can't remember for the life of me what gravy we used.  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2016 19:30:30 GMT
Back in the day (decades ago!) when I worked for H.J. Heinz, they used to market a Gravy Browning which I remember was quite nice. Doubt if it's still around. It did not sell in vast quantities. Most stock cubes seem to have a lot of salt to my taste.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2016 21:43:19 GMT
I agree Maxi far too much salt but I know that most of these pub chains cannot possibly have the amount of gravy for the roast dinners they produce and yet the gravy is acceptable, even tasty so where does it come from?  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2016 10:20:56 GMT
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Post by Delia on Oct 24, 2016 14:39:04 GMT
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Post by cakewalk on Oct 24, 2016 15:47:53 GMT
I agree Maxi far too much salt but I know that most of these pub chains cannot possibly have the amount of gravy for the roast dinners they produce and yet the gravy is acceptable, even tasty so where does it come from? Hi Holly - I've just asked Max what they used to do for gravy in the pub where he used to work. Apparently, over the course of the week they would save any meat juices (all in the same jug) in the fridge. Then on a Sunday they would warm it up, add the liquid in which the vegs were cooked, and then add a mixture of beef, pork, chicken Bisto granules. They always got lots of compliments and Max says it really was to die for. The landlady used to make out it was a big secret, but that's all it was  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2016 17:41:57 GMT
Thanks for that cake but doesn't help much. |
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Post by cakewalk on Oct 24, 2016 17:49:16 GMT
Oh well ... can't say I didn't try |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2016 19:53:18 GMT
Just to add, this weekend I tried Tesco's 'Finest' pouch of turkey gravy, if you don't want or can't make your own I can recommend it, the OH also thought it was delicious and not at all to salty or chemical tasting, I've ordered to more pouches for our Christmas dinner, you can't really make gravy from a turkey crown.  |
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Post by marion on Oct 31, 2016 20:43:30 GMT
I like the jars of M&S meat gravy with a dash of water and the meat juices added.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2016 23:03:28 GMT
I like the jars of M&S meat gravy with a dash of water and the meat juices added. Thanks Marion, next time I'm near an M&S I'll buy some to try.  |
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Post by marion on Nov 1, 2016 8:42:04 GMT
It also comes in a chicken version (which is a pale colour compared to the darker brown meat version) but I don't like that one.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2017 23:15:22 GMT
Just an update, if you can't make a proper gravy from the meat juices I've found Bisto 'Best' low salt beef granules to be a good substitute, you really can taste the beef flavour unlike the horrid Bisto ordinary which just tastes of salt.  By the way seems like most pubs use this too. |
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