Author Topic: Thickening sauce without flour (Read 7292 times)

suziequeue · « **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?

FiB · « **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 · « **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 · « **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 · « **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.

suziequeue · « **Reply #5 on:** April 05, 2014, 08:49:07 am »

Cool. Thanks.

Bionic · « **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.

in the hills · « **Reply #7 on:** April 05, 2014, 09:47:57 am »

I use cornflour.

suziequeue · « **Reply #8 on:** April 05, 2014, 11:23:32 am »

So corn flour OK for coeliacs?

Lesley Silvester · « **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.