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suziequeue

  • Joined Feb 2010
  • Llanidloes; Powys
Thickening sauce without flour
« on: April 04, 2014, 10:10:31 pm »
Does anybody have any suggestions as to how I might thicken a gravy-type sauce without using wheat-based products? I have corn flour and rice flour. Would these help?
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FiB

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • Bala, North Wales
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Re: Thickening sauce without flour
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2014, 10:19:02 pm »
Oh yes - corn flour is the main man... Don't know what volume you have but try a heaped teaspoon mixed with a little cold water then quickly stired in... A bit of a gamble if boiling, but I like to live dangerously sometimes ;) . Works best if whisked in cold and warmed slowly

shygirl

  • Joined May 2013
Re: Thickening sauce without flour
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2014, 10:39:16 pm »
yes corn flour is best, jus remember to add it to water first to make a paste.
mashed potato works too to a certain extent.

Ina

  • Joined Feb 2012
  • South Aberdeenshire
Re: Thickening sauce without flour
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2014, 08:28:41 am »
If you make your sauce with the addition of some veg, that can be liquidised and gives good consistency without additional starch.

Treud na Mara

  • Joined Mar 2014
  • East Clyh, Caithness
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Re: Thickening sauce without flour
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2014, 08:39:57 am »
You can also use arrowroot in the same way as corn flour but it gives a clearer gravy/sauce. Ideal for sweet and sour sauce for example.
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suziequeue

  • Joined Feb 2010
  • Llanidloes; Powys
Re: Thickening sauce without flour
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2014, 08:49:07 am »
Cool. Thanks.
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Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
  • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: Thickening sauce without flour
« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2014, 08:53:41 am »
I use cornflour the most. It makes a nice smooth sauce/gravy. You can also buy something called sauce flour which I have never used.
If I am making soup I often add pearl barley as that helps to thicken too.
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in the hills

  • Joined Feb 2012
Re: Thickening sauce without flour
« Reply #7 on: April 05, 2014, 09:47:57 am »
I use cornflour.  ;D

suziequeue

  • Joined Feb 2010
  • Llanidloes; Powys
Re: Thickening sauce without flour
« Reply #8 on: April 05, 2014, 11:23:32 am »
So corn flour OK for coeliacs?
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Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • Telford
Re: Thickening sauce without flour
« Reply #9 on: April 05, 2014, 09:32:49 pm »
Yes, it is. I'm gluten intolerant and I use it all the time for thickening stuff and for making sauces. NO need to use butter then so it's less fattening. (Unless you go mad on grated cheese like I do).


Pearl barley, which I love, is no good for people who can't tolerate gluten unless it's just wheat gluten that it the problem. Unfortunately, I have had to stop using it.  :( :(

 

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