a delicious, hearty brown gravy. Vegemite-based sauce is fully vegetarian and ideal for dipping potatoes or veggies in.
| Prep Time: | 5 mins |
| Cook Time: | 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 15 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 2 cups |
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon yeast extract spread, e.g. Marmite/Vegemite
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ cups hot water
- ½ cup cold water
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
Instructions
- Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in yeast extract spread, onion powder, and salt until smooth. Gradually whisk in 1 1/2 cups hot water so no lumps form. Bring to a boil.
- Stir together 1/2 cup cold water and cornstarch in a small cup. Stir the cornstarch mixture into the saucepan, and continue boiling until thickened. Cool slightly before serving.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 60 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 2 g |
| Cholesterol | 15 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 0 g |
| Saturated Fat | 4 g |
| Sodium | 356 mg |
| Sugars | 0 g |
| Fat | 6 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I used vegan butter, turned out delicious! I just boiled the kettle & added everything together
This was disappointing for me. I had to doctor up the flavor quite a bit before it tasted edible to me.
I was given vegemite and didn’t know what to use it in and found this recipe . The gravy was absolutely perfect, delicious! Thank you! Oh I had beef broth I needed to use up and added that in place of the water!
Amazing
Ordered the marmite and I made the gravy . It was delish even the non vegetarians in the house loved it 🙂
Good and easy to make
Easy! Subbed 2 beef bullion cubes for salt and vegemite stuff(whatever that is). Made a flour(approx 4 tbs) rue in place of corn starch. Way better than package gravy.
Superb ! I added turkey drippings too , made the flavors come alive !
Life saver! Thanksgiving 2017, not enough juice for gravy so I used this recipe with Better Than Bouillon. So good my family never knew the difference!
Perfect recipe even with broth. Especially those Times you don’t have pan drippings.
I absolutely despise Marmite, but it works in this gravy! Made it as soon as we got back from a vacation in Canada, where we ate our weight in poutin and wanted to make it at home. It’s perfect!
Great as is and so easy! I substituted veggie broth for water, garlic salt for salt and Earth Balance spread for butter to make it vegan. It’s a little richer this way and can be an alternative to beef gravy.
I thought this was a great recipe & i was right Thank you for posting it. I do have to say though that someone commented that this wasn’t a vegetarian recipe because it has butter & they are wrong. Vegetarians eat animal byproducts. It is not a vegan recipe but it is a vegetarian one
Loved the flavor will make again. Unfortunately mine came out to salty. I used bullion granules 3tsp and still added the salt. I have never made a homemade brown gravy and I’ve never used the granules. I usually use the thick gooey stuff. Despite the salt, this is fabulous. Love it. No more packets for me. FIXED! I called Mom who told me to peel and slice a potato into large chunks and let it simmer in the brown gravy for 30 min. It worked. Its still a bit salty but a vast improvement.
i made this one because i had no meat dripping because i bbq my chicken and this gray was great as others i didn’t have the yeast extract so used 2 pks of beef bouillon and still turned out great i will be trying next time with the yeast thank you for sharing
I think I wound up using a little more butter then necessary, and I didn’t have onion powder so I substituted with dried minced onion and a little garlic powder… came out perfect! I had exactly one serving of London Broil left over, so I made up one serving of the gravy, sliced up the meat, and added it to the pot with the completed gravy. Cooked it for a few minutes to warm it up and it was utterly perfect on top of a slice of bread. I will make London Broil again so I can have it with this gravy!
Very wonderful recipe for gravy! I was hesitant about the marmite, but it works! In response to another review, this IS vegetarian (vegetarians eat animal by-products: milk, cheese, butter, & eggs), but it is NOT vegan (they don’t eat ANYTHING that comes from animals including milk, cheese, eggs, & butter). Big difference between the two.
Used 4 tsp beef bullion instead of yeast mix. It was goo but too salty. Next time, cut down salt amount if using bullion.
This was a life saver! My mom’s recipe called for beef bouillon which I was out of. Tried this with the bouillon cubes – awesome! Thanks
Little taste
This gravy is seriously so good. I haven’t had gravy in about a decade, and was really missing it (especially on Thanksgiving). Glad to have found this recipe! My carnivorous boyfriend even prefers it over the real thing.