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TURKEY GIBLET GRAVY

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the giblets, chicken stock, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil; boil for 5-6 minutes. Remove from the heat. Strain giblets; return cooking juices to pan. Set aside 2 tablespoons juices. Finely chop giblets; add giblets and eggs to pan. Cook and stir for 1 minute., In a small bowl, combine flour and reserved cooking juices; gradually stir into pan. Cook and stir 5-7 minutes longer or until thickened.

GIBLET PAN GRAVY

Steps:

• Heat oil in soup kettle; add giblets, neck, and tail, then sauté until golden and fragrant, about 5 minutes.
• Add onion; continue to sauté until softened, 3 to 4 minutes longer.
• Reduce heat to low; cover and cook until turkey and onion release their juices, about 20 minutes.
• Add stock and herbs, bring to boil, then adjust heat to low.
• Simmer, uncovered, skimming any scum that may rise to surface, until broth is rich and flavorful, about 30 minutes longer.
• Strain broth (you should have about 5 cups) and reserve neck, heart, and gizzard.
• When cool enough to handle, shred neck meat, remove gristle from gizzard, then dice reserved heart and gizzard.
• Refrigerate giblets and broth until ready to use.
• While turkey is roasting, return reserved turkey broth to simmer.
• Heat butter in large heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium-low heat.
• Vigorously whisk in flour (roux will froth and then thin out again).
• Cook slowly, stirring constantly, until nutty brown and fragrant, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Vigorously whisk all but 1 cup of hot broth into roux.
• Bring to boil, then continue to simmer until gravy is lightly thickened and very flavorful, about 30 minutes longer.
• Set aside until turkey is done.
• When turkey has been transferred to carving board to rest, spoon out and discard as much fat as possible from roasting pan, leaving caramelized herbs and vegetables.
• Place roasting pan over two burners at medium-high heat (if drippings are not a dark brown, cook, stirring constantly, until they caramelize.) Return gravy to simmer.
• Add wine to roasting pan of caramelized vegetables, scraping up any browned bits with wooden spoon and boiling until reduced by half, about 5 minutes.
• Add remaining 1 cup broth, then strain pan juices into gravy, pressing as much juice as possible out of vegetables.
• Stir giblets into gravy; return to a boil.
• Adjust seasonings, adding salt and pepper to taste if necessary.
• Serve with carved turkey.

GIBLET PAN GRAVY - COOKS AMERICA'S TEST KITCHEN

Steps:

• Heat oil in soup kettle; add giblets, neck and tail; saute until golden and fragrant, about 5 minutes. Add onion; continue to saute 3-4 minutes til softened. Reduce heat to low; cover and cook until turkey and onion release their juices, about 20 minutes. Add stock and herbs, bring to boil, then adjust heat to low. Simmer, skimming any scum that rises to surface, until broth is rich and flavorful, about 30 minutes longer. Strain broth, you should have 5 cups, reserving neck, heart, etc. when cool enough, shred meat and refrigerate giblets and broth til ready to use. While turkey is roasting, return reserved broth to simmer. Heat butter in large heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium low heat. Whisk in flour. Cook slowly, stirring constantly, until nutty brown and fragrant, 10-15 minutes. Whisk in all but 1 cup of hot broth into roux. Bring to boil, then contine to simmer, stirring occassionally, until gravy is lightly thickened and very flavorful, about 30 minutes longer. Set aside until Turkey is done. After roasted turkey has been transferred to carving board, spoon out and discard as much fat as possible from roasting pan, leaving carmelized herbs and vegetables. Return gravy in large saucepan to simmer. Place roasting pan over 2 burners on medium-high heat. Add wine to roasting pan with caramelized veetables; scrape up browned bits with wooden spoon and boil until reduced by half, about 5 minutes. Add remaining 1 C broth, then strain deglazed pan juices into gravy, pressing as much juice as possible out of vegetables. Stir in diced / shredded turkey into gravy, return to boil. Adjust seasonings with salt and pepper. Note: I usually double recipe To make ahead: Cool gravy 45 minutes. Cover and chill up to 3 days. Add a few tablespoons of broth, and reheat over medium heat

DAY AHEAD GIBLET PAN GRAVY

Steps:

• 1. Chef's Note: This is an excellent tasting gravy; however, if you use a brine for your turkey, then there are two things to remember. Don't add any salt to the gravy, and use a low-sodium chicken stock. The pan drippings from a brined turkey will contain extra salt from the brining process... so, you probably will not need additional salt.
• 2. Heat the oil in a saucepan over medium-high heat until it begins to shimmer.
• 3. Add the turkey neck, heart, and gizzard and cook, stirring, until browned, about 8 minutes.
• 4. Add the onion and cook, stirring, until softened, about 6 minutes.
• 5. Reduce heat to low; cover the pan, and continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until turkey parts and onion release their juices, about 20 minutes.
• 6. Add chicken broth, water, and the herbs; increase heat to medium-high and bring to boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer, uncovered, skimming any scum that rises to surface, until broth is rich and flavorful, about 30 minutes.
• 7. Strain the broth, into a bowl... the amount you have should be around 8 cups.
• 8. Reserve the heart and gizzard; however, you can discard the neck. Dice the heart and gizzard, and reserve, separate from the gravy, until Thanksgiving Day.
• 9. Heat the butter in large heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium-low heat; when foam subsides, whisk in flour. Cook, stirring constantly, until nutty brown and fragrant, about 10 minutes
• 10. Whisk in the cooked broth, plus the wine, and then increase to medium-high and bring to boil.
• 11. Immediately, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, stirring occasionally, until slightly thickened and flavorful, about 30 minutes. Add a bit of salt, and pepper, but remember to omit the salt, if you brined the turkey.
• 12. THE BIG EVENT
• 13. Remove the bowl from the refrigerator, just before the turkey comes out of the oven, place into a pot, and warm, but don't boil the liquid.
• 14. Remove the drippings from the pan, and de-fat.
• 15. Add the pan drippings to the gravy mixture you made yesterday, stir in the reserved giblets, and then bring to a simmer, about 5 minutes. Season to taste.
• 16. Serve with turkey... Enjoy.

TURKEY GIBLET GRAVY

Steps:

• Remove giblets from bird.
• Place in saucepan.
• Add salt and pepper, sage, celery and onion.
• Cover with water.
• Bring to boil.
• Simmer covered for 2 or 3 hours while turkey cooks.
• When the meat starts to fall away from the neck bones, strain liquid into a blender.
• Chop liver and gizzard and add to blender.
• Pick meat from neck bones and add to blender.
• Puree off and on until liquefied.
• Add flour seasoned with salt and pepper.
• Blend off and on a few times until flour is incorporated.
• After turkey has been removed from roaster.
• Pour fat off, leaving brown bits and juice and bits of stuffing or meat stuck to pan, but remove any skin stuck.
• Whisk as much "stuck stuff" up that you can.
• Pour contents of blender in roaster, whisking as you pour, if too thick add a little water and continue whisking and adding water until reaching consistency you want.
• Don't add too much water at once.
• Place roaster in 450-500 degree oven for 15 minutes.
• Add more water and whisk if necessary, just before serving, but be sure it is bubbling hot.
• Should be fairly thick.
• Pour into gravy boat and serve hot.
• Should be the last thing put on the table so that it is very hot.