However, if you have tapioca or arrowroot flour / starch on hand I'd highly recommend those for
thickening sauces instead.
Smashed cooked beans
thicken the sauce instead of roux, keeping it gluten free as well as lightening fast.
Not exact matches
Vegan
sauce recipes usually use starches or gums for
thickening instead of eggs or gelatin.
Instead I took 1 tbsp plain tomato
sauce + 1/2 tsp cornstarch to
thicken it, and it came out just as good!
This time, we used chicken thighs
instead of breast and we added 2 tablespoons of sour cream to
thicken the
sauce.
I don't add the cheese and I use arrowroot
instead of flour to
thicken the
sauce.
I make mine similar except I make a bit of roux (I use unbleached four, but arrowroot could be used
instead) to
thicken the
sauce some (I used to make 4 - 6 up batches for our large family when the 8 kids were all at home) as I like mine a bit thick and not runny.
Paprika also functions like flour to
thicken a
sauce, adding depth and taste to a
sauce instead of dulling the flavors of the other ingredients, as flour can do.
Instead, use in smoothies or cold recipes that call for flour, like
thickening sauces after cooking.
Apart from sweet recipes, you can use it
instead of flour for
thickening sauces and adding creaminess.
Alternatively, in step 5 you could
thicken the
sauce with 1 - 2 egg yolks (
instead of flour) mixed in some water or stock.
The spaghetti squash, broccoli, and tomatoes makes this an obvious healthy dish based on vegetable content alone, but the
sauce is also way lightened up from the typical heavy cream alfredo — I used 1 % milk
instead of heavy cream, with just a little butter and flour to
thicken up the
sauce.
I used coconut cream
instead of coconut milk to
thicken the
sauce and served it over cilantro lime cauliflower «rice».