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RECIPE: Gravy

Ahhh B... Gravy!  Gravy is a staple of English cooking, but the basics aren't so much different from a "Roux" - you'll use to make the base of 'White' sauces, This method can even be adapted to make US style 'Biscuit' Gravy Everyone told me I needed it, but no one showed me how to make gravy...  If you believe the adverts you put a popular stock cube into hot water and a 3-piece dinner appears by magic.  Surprisingly, it's not that simple, but it’s also not as hard as you’re made to think, as it turns out.  Gravy (at least as I understand it, and I'm a boy who doesn’t cook),  is a rich meat sauce, served with a lot of British dishes, made of meat and vegetable juices.  My favourite way to make gravy is to make it AS YOU COOK... so while you have the veg, the meat, and anything else browning off in the pan that’s the best time to make magic happen: English Savoury Gravy Ingredients: 3 tbsp plain flour (corn flour will work but you will need abou...