Chicken Gravy - Tom Aikens

Ingredients

• 6-8 drumsticks cut into 4 pieces. Alternatively use a whole roasted chicken carcass chopped into pieces
• 2 carrots cut into 2cm pieces
• 1 large onion, quartered
• 2 sticks of celery cut into 2cm pieces
• Few sprigs of thyme
• 6 cloves garlic, split
• 15 black peppercorns, crushed
• 5g Maldon salt
• Approx 2 litre water to cover
• 100ml veg oil
• 40g butter
• ½ tsp of corn flour diluted with 1 tbsp water