Traditional turkey gravy

32 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
Neck and giblets from 1 turkey
1 Onion; quartered
1 Carrot; cut in pieces
1 Celery stalk; cut in pieces
1 Whole Peppercorns
4 cups Water
Drippings from roasted turkey
Butter; optional
3 tablespoons Flour
½ cup Whipping cream; optional
Salt and pepper

Directions

Place turkey neck and giblets (except liver, which clouds broth) in 2-quart saucepan with onion, carrot, celery and several peppercorns. Add water and bring to boil over high heat. Cover, reduce heat and simmer until tender, about 1½ hours. Strain and reserve stock. Discard neck. Chop giblets, cover and refrigerate. (Canned chicken broth may be substituted for homemade turkey broth.) After turkey is roasted, skim surface fat from turkey drippings in roasting pan. Add 1 cup reserved stock. Place pan over medium heat and scrape browned particles from bottom with wooden spoon.

Pour mixture into measuring cup and let fat rise to top. Skim fat off with spoon or use specially designed measuring cup that allows drippings to flow from bottom of cup. Reserve drippings and ¼ cup fat and discard remaining fat. Place reserved turkey fat in saucepan or back in roaster. (If necessary, add butter if there's not enough fat.) Make roux by mixing flour into fat and cooking, stirring constantly, until bubbly. (Flour may also be added as slurry. Place flour in small bowl or measuring cup and, while constantly stirring, gradually add enough water to get smooth texture.) Remove from heat, still stirring until bubbling stops. Add 2 cups reserved turkey stock and stir vigorously to combine. Return pan to heat and gradually pour skimmed drippings, through sieve if desired, into roasting pan, stirring constantly with wire whisk. Cook, stirring, until gravy boils and thickens. For thinner gravy, add more broth. If desired, stir in 2 tablespoons butter or, to make cream gravy, ½ cup whipping cream. Stir in chopped giblets if desired. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Yields about 2 cups gravy.

Each 1 tablespoon serving, without butter or cream: 20 calories; 67 mg sodium; 3 mg cholesterol; 1 gram fat; 1 gram carbohydrates; 1 gram protein; 0.05 gram fiber

Recipe Source: Los Angeles Times - 11-23-1997 Formatted for Mastercook by Lynn Thomas - dcqp82a@...

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