Chicken Gravy | What Dad Cooked

Ingredients

• For the roast chicken
• 1 x 1.5 kg chicken
• 6 cloves of garlic unpeeled
• 1 lemon
• 1 small bunch thyme
• Few sprigs rosemary
• 500ml boiling water
• Olive oil, salt and pepper
• For the stock
• 1 small onion
• 1 small carrot
• 1 small leek
• 5 black peppercorns
• 10g dried porcini mushroom
• 125ml white wine (optional)
• 500ml chicken stock
• 250ml water
• ½ tsp sherry vinegar (optional)
• 2 tbs flour
• 2 tbs butter
• 2 small sprigs fresh thyme
• 2 small sprigs rosemary