Brown Sauce

• 1 small onion
• 1 carrot
• 1 oz (25 g<

Peel the onion, scrape the carrot and cut both into small dice. Melt the fat in a saucepan, and add the vegetables and the trimmed, chopped bacon rashers. Sauté gently until the onion is soft and the vegetables become golden brown. Stir in the flour and continue to cook gently, until the flour is a rich nutty brown colour – takes about 15–20 minutes. Gradually stir in the hot stock, beating wel