Beef Gravy - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup flour
2 cups beef broth
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon Kitchen Bouquet (more if you like)

Preparation

Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add flour and whisk together, making sure to get all visible lumps.
Add salt and pepper.
Cook over medium heat for 5 minutes or until mixture starts to turn light brown, be sure to stir constantly.
Turn heat to low and SLOWLY add broth, stirring constantly.
It will spit & bubble so be careful.
Add Kitchen Bouquet.
Turn heat back up to medium.
Continue stirring until gravy boils and thickens.
Makes about 2 cups.