Mashers are my go-to comfort food on cool days like today. Before going plant-based, these would have been full of butter and milk. And gravy? I could whisk up a roux like nobody’s business.
It may seem too good to be true, but today’s dish contains only a tiny amount of fat (from the soy milk) and absolutely no animal products. And it is even more flavorful and satisfying than the traditional preparation.
Marsala Mushroom Gravy
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup Marsala cooking wine
1 tablespoon low-sodium soy sauce
1 tablespoon nutritional yeast
1/4 teaspoon of each: garlic powder, onion powder, ground ginger
2 cloves garlic, finely minced
8 oz. fresh mushrooms, sliced or quartered
1/2 tablespoon Italian seasoning
1/2 cup soy milk
2 tablespoons cornstarch
Salt and freshly ground pepper
Whisk together the first five ingredients in a non-stick skillet and bring to a boil. Add the garlic, mushrooms and Italian seasoning and saute until mushrooms are tender, about 3 minutes.
Whisk together the milk and cornstarch and slowly stir into the mushroom mixture, lowering the heat and stirring until sauce reaches gravy consistency. This should take only about a minute or two. Check for seasoning, adding salt and pepper to taste. Consistency may be adjusted by adding a little water if sauce becomes too thick.
This gravy is amazing on potatoes, rice and other grains like cous cous. It is decadent at brunch over scrambled tofu and home fries. I could really just eat it by the spoonful. Yum!
Recipe adapted from The Happy Herbivore Everyday Cookbook by Lindsay Nixon
I am now officially starving for a giant mound of mashed potatoes with this on top. Thanks for sharing!
So quick and easy to prepare! I microwave my potatoes while i make the gravy. Thanks for your interest.–Melanie
Thanks for your interest! I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I do.–Melanie
A delightful mushroom marsala sauce: yummy yum, I say! 🙂 Well-flavoured too!
Oh girl, this is definitely going on my Thanksgiving menu. I have portabellas and shitakes in the house, I think they’re about to get married in this gravy.
I hope you enjoy the recipe as much as I do. I find it quite addictive. I like to make a tempeh meatloaf bowl: Put a bit of gravy in the bottom of a microwavable container, add a big dollop of mashers, a few hunks of loaf and a bit more gravy, and take it to go. Heaven! Thanks for your interest. –Melanie
Stop it, you’re killing me!!! You’re talking to the girl who’s favorite food is mashed potatoes (shh, it’ll ruin my image) 😉
I’m going to give this a shot! Gravy is the one thing I super-duper suck at making. But if at first you don’t succeed..
I think you will find this one super-easy. There is no flour whisking going on, so there will be no lumps. Good luck and enjoy! Thanks for following my blog!–Melanie
I want this NOW!!!!!!!!
I am soooo making this when I get home from my next trip!
I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! Thanks for your interest!–Melanie
Reblogged this on Hippie Lessons and commented:
OMG this recipe sounds SO YUMMY!
Is there a non-alcoholic alternative if we don’t want to add the wine? This looks amazing.
You can leave out the wine and just use a bit more veggie stock. Thanks for checking out my post! Blessings–Melanie
I have some mushrooms and was planning to make gravy tonight. This recipe looks great. Thanks!
Thanks for the recipe! We’ll have to try this, my husband LOVES mushrooms! 🙂
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I hope you like it! You can leave out the wine, too…it’s still really great without it. Just sub more water and another dash or two of tamari 🙂
Yum! This looks so wonderful 🙂 Where can I find Marsala cooking wine? In an Indian goods store? Thanks for sharing 🙂
Marsala is an Italian cooking wine that can be found in most liquor stores, but also many grocery stores carry cooking wines in the vinegar section. It is sometimes confused with the word for the Indian spice blend, masala. Thanks for stopping by, Rita. I hope you try this easy recipe 🙂
Oh yes that makes much more sense! I was getting confused with the Indian word. Thank you 😊