Thanksgiving Day Turkey and Gravy Recipe
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Ingredients: 20-22 lb Fresh Turkey. Three sticks of butter; Cheesecloth Cup of White Wine; Four carrots; One large onion cut in four quarters; Celery root; Parsnips; Chicken Stock; One cup Mederia Wine; Three tablespoons of flour.
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Directions:Pre-heat oven to 450 degrees; Wash turkey inside and out and remove giblets; Salt and pepper inside and out;
Fold cheesecloth in fours; Melt butter and add white wine to melted butter in large baking dish; Soak cheesecloth in wine and butter mixture; Lay wet cheesecloth over turkey, covering legs;
Chop vegetables and add to bottom of turkey baking dish; add Madeira wine and cup of chicken stock; Place rack on baking dish; Place Turkey on rack in baking dish. Bake Turkey at 450-degrees for 30 minutes; Baste turkey every 30-minutes. Turn oven down to 350 degrees and cook until done - about 3 1/2 - 4 hours. During last hour remove cheesecloth and discard; Cover legs with tin foil and brown turkey all over; Let stand for 30 minutes before carving.
Use canned trukey gravy and sift liquid from bottom of pan with baster - add to gravy in saucepan;
To make gravy; remove vegetables and put through food mill; Remove one cup of liquid from pan and place in saucepan - add mashed vegetables - stir in 3 tbsp. of flour to thicken gravy - bring to boil and then simmer; add touch of gravy master to darken and flavor gravy and salt and pepper to taste. |
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