<taes a deep breath> I need help, I can't make ...

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gravy

I've tried, I have. My mum has shown me, my aunt. It NEVER works

My little sister can do it! Why can't I??

help!

OK, here's what you do

When you have roasted the meat take it out of the roasting pan and set it on a carving board wrapped in tin foil to rest for 10 minutes

If you made it in a metal roasting tin you can set that tin on a medium heat on the stove and with a strong spoon start loosening the crusty bits at the bottom of the pan. Then throw in a slosh of booze and scrape some more, then add 250ml of stock and stir some more.
Then get a tea cup and put in a teaspoon of cornflour and add an egg cup full of cold water and blend well
Tip this in the roasting pan and stir like hell so that it is all mixed in and the gravy starts to simmer.
Then you add your flavourings which may be dried mixed herbs or a teaspoon of marmite and stir well. Let it simmer for 3 minutes to cook out the cornflour tast stirring all the time and then strain it to catch the crunch bits and herbs and voila gravy.

stock from the veg?

Save the hastle and buy Bisto

Thats what im thinking

Enough pressure on the day anyway!

gravy is easy. Ditto what Suzywong says. It is so worth the very little effort.

innit, though Marslady

and proper gravy making is a life-long skill, not just for xmas
just like puppies

Use Swiss Marigold Bouillon. Often to be found above frozen veg in supermarkets - near the Bisto.

I pour/syphon off some of the juices, and then the fat rises to the top of the jug - make a flour/fat paste in a pan and slowly stir in the juices and some of the Bouillon stock. And then yes, scraping/deglazing the roasting tin with some wine and pouring that in as well is good.

I hate meat!