A Consistently Good Gravy

I made this for Christmas last year and I agree with the previous reviewer: kind of bland despite all the work that went into it! The browning of the wings, mashing, and sieving. I ended up adding a whole ton of salt and black pepper to it. Perhaps this is my preference for intense, deeply flavoured gravy.

We eat a lot of gravy in the south. I think that had I not been in a hurry at the time, this could have come out better. However, it was bland for my taste and thin for my gravy standards.