Anyone have a tried and loved turkey gravy recipe?
I'm a Thanksgiving dinner rookie! Nef can do the turkey, but I'd like to help out with some sides (and gravy) if we end up doing this here. I need a good gravy recipe! :)
Quoting: Simple27 You don't need a recipe for turkey gravy,,it's a process.
In the morning put the neck, giblets etc, in a pan with a carton chicken broth and couple cups water.
Add couple carrots, couple celery stalks and couple onions...boil, then low simmer, covered for the morning hours.
Strain the liquid to a blender picher,,discard veggies, cut giblets, and pick meat from neck, carefully, careful of small bones. Add these bits to blender and blend until smooth. Set aside.
Save your mashed potato boiling water for gravy.
Remove turkey to platter, rest under foil or in warm oven.
Pour out any excess fat, leave some for taste, your call.
Add giblet mix and some of the potato water to the pan.
Whisk in 1/3 cup flour to some of the potato water., add to pan
Bring to boil.
Add salt / pepper.
Now, add 2 teaspoons granular beef bouillon.
Stir, taste,more bouillon, taste
Ask for another taster, more salt ? pepper? bouillon?
If you want it thicker, add couple tablespoons flour whisked into 1/4 cup COLD water, add to gravy.
Thinner? Add more chicken broth or potato water.
After a few times doing Thanksgiving, you get it, and join
the exclusive club of old-lady gravy makers !!
