Name: Get-ahead gravy
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 1
Cuisine: british
Ingredients: 2 onions; 2 carrots; 2 sticks of celery; 2 rashers of smoked streaky bacon; 2 fresh bay leaves; 2 sprigs of fresh sage; 2 sprigs of fresh rosemary; 2 star anise; 10 chicken wings or 3 chicken drumsticks and 3 chicken legs; olive oil; 60 ml sherry or port optional; 4 tablespoons plain flour; 2 tablespoons cranberry sauce

Get-ahead gravy

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Total Time:
2 hours

Prepare Make-ahead gravy using chicken drumsticks or legs, saving bones for future recipes. Reheat on Christmas Day for a stress-free meal.

Ingredients:

2 onions
2 carrots
2 sticks of celery
2 rashers of smoked streaky bacon
2 fresh bay leaves
2 sprigs of fresh sage
2 sprigs of fresh rosemary
2 star anise
10 chicken wings or 3 chicken drumsticks and 3 chicken legs
olive oil
60 ml sherry or port optional
4 tablespoons plain flour
2 tablespoons cranberry sauce

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 180ºC/350ºF/gas 4. Peel onions, wash carrots, and roughly chop with celery and bacon. Place vegetables, bay leaves, sage, rosemary, and star anise in a roasting tray, then top with chopped bacon. Add chicken to the tray. For chicken wings, break them open and bash with a rolling pin. Drizzle with oil, season with salt and pepper, toss, then bake for 1 hour. Remove from oven, mash everything with a potato masher on low heat. Add sherry or port. Gradually stir in flour, pour in boiling water, simmer for 30 minutes. Strain gravy into a bowl, season, cool, then store. On the day, defrost the gravy and pour it into the turkey tray with juices, bring to a boil, stir in cranberry sauce, strain into a pan, keep warm until serving.

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