How I Make A Rich Gravy

Here is a great recipe for Turkey or Beef Roast Gravy.  Enjoy.

Source: Bon Appetit

Ingredients

• Roasting pan with pan drippings from roasted turkey or roast beef.
• ½ cup all purpose flour.
• 2 to 2-1/2 cups of poultry or beef stock (depending upon the type of food you have roasted).
• 1 to 1-½ cups of White Wine (or 1 to 1-½ cup of light Port or Cream Sherry).  Use Red wine for Beef. (If the gravy gets too thick while cooking add more wine and stock in equal parts to thin the gravy).
• 2 TB of a good demi-glace.  I purchase this from William Sonoma.  Use Chicken or Veal demi-glace for Turkey and Beef demi-glace for Beef. 
• 1-2 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar (optional)
• 1 TB soy sauce (optional)
• Some chopped fresh herbs (such as thyme or parsley, optional)
• Salt and Pepper to taste
• 1 Stick of Unsalted Butter

Procedure

• Remove any large pieces of fat or skin, which might have dropped into the bottom of the roasting pan. 
• Tip roasting pan and skim off the semi-clear fat liquid trying to retain any brown colored particles that are floating in the fatty liquid until you have removed the majority of the fatty liquid.  Some of the fatty liquid can remain.   
• Set roasting pan over 2 burners set to medium heat.
• Whisk in flour and scrape the brown bits (the French call "sucs") on the bottom and edges of the roasting pan, simmer until liquid forms a golden smooth roux and the bits (Sucs) are dissolved about 2 minutes.
• Whisk in the White Wine, Port or Sherry.
• Whisk in the demi-glace and simmer until totally dissolved. 
• Add apple cider vinegar (optional).
• Strain into a medium saucepan if you prefer a smooth texture. (optional - I keep the gravy unstrained for good texture). 
• Stir in soy sauce and/or herbs (optional).
• Add salt and pepper to taste. (Be very careful with the salt as the demi-glace has salt in it).
• If the gravy gets too thick while cooking add more wine and stock in equal parts to thin the gravy.
• Whick in 1 stick of unsalted butter to enrich and make the gravy glisten.
• Keep warm until ready to serve.  Stir just before serving.  Pour into a gravy boat for serving.