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