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Nutritional yeast—known as “nooch” around my studio apartment—is best known for the savoury, cheese-adjacent flavour it brings to vegetarian and vegan dishes, as well as popcorn. But the yellow flakes have applications outside of their hippyish beginnings, particularly when dealing with sauces and gravies.
There is a certain (I think) overly romantic expectation that a good turkey gravy must be made from pan drippings, and whisked together just moments before the Big Meal is put on the table. To this I say, “No thank you,” particularly when a very good gravy can be made…
A roux by any other name is still a roux, but maybe that other name should be “fat and flour paste thickener”, because the fancy French name seems to put people off.
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