Turkey & Gravy

3h 30m
Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Brine the turkey in a mixture of vegetables, peppercorn, salt, and spices for six hours.
  2. 2Take the turkey out of the brine and pat it dry.
  3. 3Make rosemary butter by mixing butter with chopped rosemary.
  4. 4Slide the rosemary butter underneath the turkey skin to make it more moist.
  5. 5Tie the turkey together with kitchen twine.
  6. 6Place a little rosemary inside the turkey.
  7. 7Drizzle oil on the turkey.
  8. 8Place the turkey in a roasting pan with chopped vegetables.
  9. 9Roast the turkey in the oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 2 hours.
  10. 10For the cranberry chutney, add cinnamon stick, ginger, and cranberries to a hot pan.
  11. 11Add white wine, brown sugar, orange juice, salt, and orange peel to the pan.
  12. 12Let the cranberry chutney cook.
  13. 13Take the turkey out of the oven after 2 hours.
  14. 14Remove the turkey from the roasting pan.
  15. 15To make the gravy, pour oil into the roasting pan with the vegetables.
  16. 16Add wine to the hot pan and deglaze it.
  17. 17Transfer the contents of the roasting pan to a pot.
  18. 18Add sage and flour to the pot to thicken the gravy.
  19. 19Pour chicken stock into the pot and simmer for half an hour.
  20. 20Strain the gravy to remove solids.
  21. 21Add butter to the gravy for richness and stir.
  22. 22Add cranberry chutney to the gravy.
  23. 23Roast apples in a pan with oil, brown sugar, and butter in the oven.
  24. 24Carve the turkey by removing the string.
  25. 25Cut off the wing of the turkey.
  26. 26Cut off the leg of the turkey.
  27. 27Break off the leg.
  28. 28Slice the turkey breast.
  29. 29Plate the turkey slices with roasted apples filled with cranberry chutney.
  30. 30Add dark meat to the plate.
  31. 31Pour gravy over the turkey.

Ingredients

  • vegetables
  • peppercorn
  • salt
  • spices
  • rosemary
  • butter
  • oil
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • ginger
  • cranberries
  • white wine
  • brown sugar
  • orange juice
  • orange peel
  • sage
  • flour
  • chicken stock

Equipment

ovenpankitchen twineroasting panpotsieveladlespoonknifecutting boardplatefork

Tips

  • The best way to make a really good turkey is to brine them for a few hours with vegetables, peppercorn, salt, and spices.
  • Rosemary gives you a really delicious piney flavor.
  • When the turkey is tied together, it makes the breast look nicer.
  • Butter makes everything taste better.