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Thanksgiving Gravy Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
Drippings rom the turkey collected throughout the day in a fat separator
1/4 c. Flour to start
Water
Juices from the boiled turkey parts (heart, kidneys, neck) with celery and onions added
Juices from other cooked vegetables if needed
Neck meat pulled from the bones and shredded (optional)
Directions:
Directions:
After the turkey is fully cooked and is out of the oven "resting" on a platter, put the roasting pan on the stove over low heat----you may need to use 2 burners. Pour the fat from the fat separator into the roasting pan. (The separator lets the "bad" fat go to the top, and the good fat sink so it can be poured out of the spout which is at the bottom of the separator. Stop when the fat from the top gets to the spout---don't use that fat. Let that fat chill and solidify in the refrigerator and toss it later.) Put flour into a small bowl and whisk cold water into the flour until it is a smooth, soupy liquid. When the drippings start to bubble, whisk in the flour mixture. As the mixture gets thick, begin adding vegetable juices from boiled parts. Whisk constantly. If gravy seems too thin, add a little more flour mixture. Keep adding juices until gravy reaches desired consistency. Add the meat from the neck chopped very finely if you like a gravy with texture.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
Depends on the size of the turkey
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
20 minutes
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Gravy is the very last thing to get done before sitting down to Thanksgiving Dinner, so it's always a little hectic at that point. It should be dark and rich. There have been many happy times around the roasting pan at the Hathaway house before Uncle Dave says grace and we light the icicle lights on the fence near the river.

 

 

 

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