Navy Bean Gravy - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 small onion, coarsely chopped
2 garlic cloves, chopped
3 tablespoons fresh thyme, chopped
pepper
1 1/2 cups vegetable broth
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 (15 ounce) can navy beans, drained and rinsed
3 tablespoons soy sauce
1/4 cup water
salt

Preparation

Saute the onion and garlic in the olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat for 5 minutes. Add the thyme and pepper, and cook for 3 minutes more.
While this cooks, mix the flour into the broth thoroughly. Pour this into a blender with the beans and soy sauce and blend until smooth.
Add the onion and garlic mixture to the blender and blend until the onion no longer has any big chunks visible.
Once smooth, pour the mixture back into the saucepan and cook over medium heat until thickened. Reduce heat to low.
Make the gravy thinner, if you like, by adding water and stirring until evenly mixed. Add salt to taste.