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| Name: | Giblet Gravy | Contributor: | Martin Golding |
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| Description: | Classical Giblet Gravy from (and for) your Classical Turkey Dinner | Posted: | 1999-10-29 |
| Key words: | turkey, giblets | Category: | Sauces |
| ID: | 388 | Updated: | 2005-11-27 16:11:10 |
| Ingredients: | See Instructions | ||
| Preparation: | Cook the turkey in something that saves the drippings without burning
them. That may require occasionally adding water to the roasting pan (in which you have already scattered hacked onions, carrots, and celery, or the like). Oven bags make for *truly wonderful* gravy, if you can stand the idea. IN THE MEANTIME, finely chop the gizzard and heart. Use of the liver is optional. Simmer gizzard, heart, and neck in a few cups of water for a while. When the turkey is done: Pour off the drippings, straining out the veggies. If you used a roaster, put it on a burner on low heat, and deglaze with a glassful of nice white wine. Skim or pour off as much as possible of the fat. Combine the drippings with the stock and bits from the innards. Stripping meat off the neck is optional. For each cup of broth, throw a tablespoon of turkey fat in a large pan. When hot and NOT sizzling (you want to simmer any remaining water out), add a tablespoon of flour, stir until lump free. Add stock. Season to taste. Salt, pepper, cayenne, worcestershire are not uncommon. Occasionally the merest dash of sugar will bring out missing flavor elements. Simmer. Serve hot; it's our belief that a gravy of adequate viscosity at serving temperature will solidify when cool. If you prefer a clearer gravy, you can thicken with corn starch: Stir a teaspoon of cornstarch per cup of stock into cold water until it dissolves, add to the gravy. Cornstarch will break down if simmered too briskly, so do that last. |
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| Notes: | We have a list of a sixty-seven things to do with leftover turkey!
Martin |
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