Giblet Pan Gravy Cooks Americas Test Kitchen Recipes

PAN GRAVY

Steps:

• Pour pan drippings into a measuring cup. Loosen the browned bits from the roasting pan and add to drippings. Skim fat. , Reserve 1/4 cup fat and transfer to a small saucepan; whisk in flour until smooth. Add enough broth or water to pan drippings to measure 2 cups. Gradually stir into flour mixture in saucepan. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Season with salt, pepper and browning sauce if desired.

GIBLET GRAVY

Steps:

• After turkey has been roasting for about an hour, slice one of the onions and scatter slices in roasting pan with turkey.
• Place the other onion, cut in half, in a saucepan. Add turkey neck, gizzard and heart, the carrot, celery, parsley and peppercorns. Cover with water and bring to boil. Skim surface, lower heat and allow to simmer at least 30 minutes. Strain and reserve the stock. You should have about 2 cups of stock. Dice meat from neck, gizzard and heart, and set it aside.
• When turkey has finished roasting and is resting on the carving board place the roasting pan on top of the stove, over two burners if necessary. Skim off all but a few tablespoons of fat from pan. Sprinkle the bottom of the pan with the flour (the more used the thicker the gravy), and whisk it vigorously and thoroughly, scraping up any particles clinging to the pan. Gradually add the stock, whisking constantly over medium heat until the mixture has thickened and is smooth. Strain into a sauce pan.
• Add any juices from carving board and the reserved giblets. Season with salt and pepper. Add wine or brandy and bring to a simmer, and serve.

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 GRAVY

Steps:

• Cut away and discard outside tough membrane from the gizzard. Trim off end of the heart. Place gizzard and heart on a flat surface and chop finely with a heavy knife. There should be about 1/3 cup.
• Chop liver separately. There should be about 1/3 cup.
• Heat butter in heavy saucepan. When melted add onions and garlic. Cook until wilted and add chopped gizzard, heart, liver and thyme. Cook, stirring often, about 5 minutes.
• Sprinkle with flour, stirring to distribute evenly. Add broth, water, bay leaf, salt, pepper and tomato paste and stir to blend. Let simmer over very low heat, stirring often and skimming surface of fat and scum as necessary, about 1 1/2 hours or until reduced to about 3 1/2 cups. Combine gravy with turkey basting juices from roasting pan as directed in recipe for roast stuffed 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