Smoked Almond Gravy
Makes 2 cups
I always sit on the couch and eat way too many smoked almonds. I was looking for a way to parlay that activity into brunch, and I found it in smoked almond gravy. This is one of those times where I think “Thank god I thought of this!” instead of “I wish I had thought of that!” Really rich, smoky gravy that is just perfect with biscuits. Not to mention it only uses a handful of ingredients and takes a handful of minutes. Smoked almonds are available in most supermarkets these days. Serve with Herb Whole Wheat Drop Biscuits.
2 cloves garlic
1 cup smoked almonds
1 1/4 cups water
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons corn starch
Chop up garlic in a food processor or blender. Add the almonds and process into fine crumbs. Add the remaining ingredients and process until relatively smooth.
Transfer to a sauce pot over medium heat. Stir often until thickened, about 5 minutes. That’s it!
May 12th, 2009 at 11:26 am
Wow, that sounds really good! … now I just have to find vegan smoked almonds, sigh …
May 12th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
That sounds amazing. I gonna start looking for smoked almonds. I wonder if one could use regular (unsmoked) almonds and replace the water with strong lapsang souchong tea? Maybe add more soy sauce? Hmm…
May 12th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
Would this be a good gravy for mashed potatoes??? I’m thinking ahead to the holidays…
May 13th, 2009 at 2:50 am
Angie…I wouldn’t want to do that but I can’t stop you! I think lapsang souchong would taste like sewer water as a gravy.
Ruth…YES! It’s really great on everything.
May 14th, 2009 at 12:56 am
No smoked almonds around these parts, whats a girl to do?
May 14th, 2009 at 8:32 am
how about some smoked salt or liquid smoke added to regular roasted almonds if you don’t have access to smoked almonds?
May 14th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
Sure, that would work! But where do you guys live that there are no smoked almonds? They usually have them at any convenience store/gas station/truck stop as well as supermarkets.
May 15th, 2009 at 6:32 am
No smoked almonds here in Belgium, I’m afraid… I never even heard of such a thing. And over here one can’t buy liquid smoke either (aaargh!). Our supermarket used to have smoked salt for a short period of time (I luckily still have some left), and last summer in Sweden I found hickory smoke bbq-sauce (& chipotle sauce, which they don’t sell here either), so for the time being I can manage to make wonderful tempeh bacon & the like, but that won’t last for ever. Can anyone recommend a good online store where they sell stuff like that?
I bought my copy of vegan brunch on amazon.co.uk this morning, so I guess I’ll be the happy owner of it in only a couple of days
May 15th, 2009 at 9:13 am
i don’t know if this will help but try looking up “salish” on the wide wide world of web. i bought smoked salt that i unfortunately decanted so i don’t remember the brand or country in question. anyway, the story was that salish is the european name for smoked salt. norway sweden or someplace near there to be somewhat exact. i hope that helps.
May 16th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
This is going to be on everything involved in brunch tomorrow (biscuits, tempeh bacon, the cook…)!
May 17th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
Well, almond gravy would work too. Use some dried herbs like thyme and sage. Won’t be smoky, but will be good!
May 31st, 2009 at 7:15 pm
Well, you could smoke the almonds yourself, which makes it a more involved recipe, but would probably be super awesome.
June 9th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
Made it tonight and TREMENDOUS!!! Would be excellent over mashed potatoes. And so much easier (and healthier) than a roux-based gravy.
June 19th, 2009 at 10:44 am
Wonderful - enjoying it over homefries with a baked pear. Literally, would probably be good on anything you can imagine gravy being good on. I could even imagine putting on on sandwiches with seitan chicken.
July 16th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Delicious - went great over garlic smashed potatoes and corn.
July 29th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
I’ve never come across smoked almonds here either (Australia). As far as using regular almond goes & adding some liquid smoke… I don’t see why it wouldn’t work, but even liquid smoke is difficult to get here! The ONLY place I’ve seen it available is www.usafoods.com.au - a business that specifically imports American foods.
Man… what is it with Americans and giving everything a smoky flavour?! I can’t stand it - reminds me of the smell of my hair the day after getting pissed at a bonfire party!!!!
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August 17th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
You’re my hero…I love biscuits and gravy, the ONLY thing I like about gravy, but since going Veg 7 years ago haven’t had it…love love love this idea. gotta try it out!
August 20th, 2009 at 5:21 am
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October 20th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
I actually saw the recipe in your book before I saw it here–made an adaptation of this the other night (not allowed smoked almonds on my restrictive diet)–I added 1/2 tsp smoked paprika to home-toasted, raw almonds. IT WAS STELLAR! I had never tasted biscuits with gravy before, so that’s what I used it on. . . I went a little crazy putting that gravy on everything for the next couple of days! Fabulous recipe; thanks so much!
November 3rd, 2009 at 10:10 pm
is “smoked” different from “roasted”?
December 8th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
haha … the one who is posting the comments
January 13th, 2010 at 6:35 am
you can buy smoked almonds on amazon.com (as well as a lot of other food things). as a vegetarian foodie who has relocated to Stockholm, Sweden- I find it difficult to follow a lot of amazing vegan recipes simply because we have about two health food stores that carry a limited amount of ingredients
I’ve had my mom ship me items but amazon.com seems to be a good place to look as well.
March 29th, 2010 at 10:37 pm
Made it last night to go over the herbed whole wheat biscuits and it was so ridiculously good! I totally went back for seconds.
June 21st, 2010 at 10:43 am
This was great! And not as calorie-dense as I assumed something made out of almonds would be. If you divide the gravy across 12 biscuits, it’s only 54 calories a serving. How awesome is that?