Roast Turkey with Cream Gravy Recipe

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Roast Turkey with Cream Gravy
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Ingredients
5
Count
Nutrition
1176
Calories
Total time
240
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1 (12-to 14-lb) turkey , neck and giblets (excluding liver) reserved
  • 2 1/2 cups water, divided
  • melted unsalted butter if necessary
  • 3/4 cup heavy cream

Directions:

  1. Rinse turkey inside and out and pat dry. Put turkey on rack in roasting pan and season inside and out with 1 tablespoon salt and 2 teaspoons pepper. Fold neck skin under body, then tuck wing tips under breast and tie drumsticks together with string. Let stand at room temperature 1 hour.
  2. Preheat oven to 450°F with rack in lower third.
  3. Add 1 cup water to pan and roast, without basting, rotating pan halfway through, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into fleshy part of each thigh (test both; do not touch bone) registers 165 to 170°F, 1 3/4 to 2 hours total.
  4. Carefully tilt turkey so juices from inside large cavity run into pan. Transfer turkey to a platter (reserve juices in roasting pan) and let rest, uncovered, 30 minutes (temperature of thigh meat will rise to 170 to 175°F). Discard string.
  5. Make gravy while turkey rests: Strain pan juices through a fine-mesh sieve into 2-quart measure and skim off fat (or use a fat separator), reserving fat. Straddle roasting pan across 2 burners, then add remaining 1 1/2 cups water and deglaze pan by boiling over high heat, stirring and scraping up brown bits, 1 minute. Strain through sieve into measuring cup containing pan juices. Add enough turkey giblet stock to pan juices to bring total to 5 cups.
  6. Put 5 tablespoons reserved fat (if there is less, add melted butter) in a 4-quart heavy saucepan and whisk in flour. Cook roux over medium heat, whisking, 3 minutes. Add stock mixture in a fast stream, whisking constantly, then add cream, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1 1/2 teaspoons pepper. Bring to a boil, whisking, then stir in any turkey juices from platter and simmer 5 minutes.
  7. Serve turkey with gravy.
  8. What to drink:Lagier Meredith Mount Veeder Napa Valley Syrah '06
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1175.61 Kcal (4922 kJ)
Calories from fat 466.46 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 51.83g 80%
Cholesterol 586.82mg 196%
Sodium 894.71mg 37%
Potassium 1791.39mg 38%
Total Carbs 4.05g 1%
Dietary Fiber 0.15g 1%
Protein 175.31g 351%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 0%
Iron 8mg 44%
Calcium 102.8mg 10%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 133.01 Kcal (557 kJ)
Calories from fat 52.78 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 5.86g 80%
Cholesterol 66.4mg 196%
Sodium 101.23mg 37%
Potassium 202.69mg 38%
Total Carbs 0.46g 1%
Dietary Fiber 0.02g 1%
Protein 19.84g 351%
Iron 0.9mg 44%
Calcium 11.6mg 10%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 27.8
    Points
  • 30
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium,
  • sugar free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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