Make Ahead Curry Sauce For Meatloaf Or Lamb Roast

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup butter substitute
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1/2 medium onion, minced
• 1/4 carrot, grated
• 6 fresh button mushrooms, sliced
• 1/2 cup 1% low-fat milk
• salt
• 1 tablespoon garam masala, indian spice
• 1/3 cup sake or 1/3 cup dry wine
• 3 leaves flat-leaf italian parsley (to garnish) (optional)
• 1/2 cup slivered almonds (to garnish) (optional)

Recipe

• 1 saute onion and carrot in butter until softened.
• 2 add flour and cook until flour taste is gone or until it is just about to turn brown.
• 3 add milk and make a medium-thick sauce, stirring constantly.
• 4 add mushrooms, salt and curry powder to taste.
• 5 cover and let simmer until mushrooms are cooked.
• 6 refrigerate until dinner time.
• 7 you can add more milk when you reheat if the sauce is too thick, but if heated in a covered pan i doubt you'll need to add more liquid.
• 8 add a good dose of wine and let simmer -- be careful, you don't want to overpower the curry and other flavors.
• 9 place meat in center of platter and pour sauce over top and drizzle down the sides.
• 10 sprinkle fresh parsley and almond slivers over the top.
• 11 around the meat arrange broccoli flowerettes, thick slices of carrot, and small boiled potatoes.
• 12 so-o elegant!