Roast Turkey with Maple Herb Butter and Gravy Recipe

Posted by
Rate It!
Roast Turkey with Maple Herb Butter and Gravy
Add your photo!
Ingredients
16
Count
Nutrition
882
Calories
Comments Print recipe

Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Make turkey: Boil apple cider and maple syrup in heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat until reduces to 1/2 cup, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat. Mix in half of chopped thyme, half of marjoram and 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon peel. Add butter and whisk until melted. Season generously with salt and pepper. Cover and refrigerate until cold, about 2 hours. (Can be prepared 2 days ahead. Keep refrigerated.)
  2. Position rack in lowest third of oven and preheat to 375°F. Pat turkey dry with paper towels. Place turkey on rack set in large roasting pan. Slide hand under skin of turkey breast to loosen shin. Rub 1/2 cup maple butter over breast under skin. If stuffing turkey, spoon stuffing into main cavity. Rub 1/4 cup maple butter over outside of turkey. Reserve remaining maple butter for gravy. Tie legs together loosely to hold shape of turkey. Arrange onion, celery, carrot and reserved turkey nick and giblets around turkey in pan. Sprinkle vegetables with remaining 1 tablespoon thyme and remaining 1 tablespoon marjoram. Pour 2 cups broth into pan.
  3. Roast turkey 30 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350°F. Cover entire turkey loosely with heavy-duty foil and roast until meat thermometer inserted into thickest part of thigh registers 180°F or until juices rum clear when thickest part of thigh is pierced with skewer, basting occasionally with pan juices, about 2 hours 25 minutes for unstuffed turkey (2 hours 55 minutes for stuffed turkey). Transfer turkey to platter. Tent turkey with aluminum foil and let stand 30 minutes; reserve mixture in pan for gravy.
  4. Make gravy: Stain pan juices into large measuring cup, pressing on solids with back of spoon. Spoon fat from pan juices. Add enough chicken broth to pan juices to measure 3 cups. Transfer liquid to heavy medium saucepan and bring to boil. Mix 3 tablespoons reserved maple butter and flour in small bowl to form smooth paste. Whisk paste into broth mixture. Add chopped fresh thyme and bay leaf. Boil until reduces to sauce consistency, whisking occasionally, about 10 minutes. Mix in apple brandy, if desired. Season gravy to taste with salt and pepper.
  5. Brush turkey with any remaining maple butter and serve with gravy.
Kitchen-Friendly View

Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 881.78 Kcal (3692 kJ)
Calories from fat 349.44 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 38.83g 60%
Cholesterol 397.37mg 132%
Sodium 856.4mg 36%
Potassium 1350.87mg 29%
Total Carbs 16.87g 6%
Sugars 11.57g 46%
Dietary Fiber 1.58g 6%
Protein 118.11g 236%
Vitamin C 4mg 7%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 6%
Iron 6.2mg 35%
Calcium 100.3mg 10%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 119.79 Kcal (502 kJ)
Calories from fat 47.47 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 5.27g 60%
Cholesterol 53.98mg 132%
Sodium 116.34mg 36%
Potassium 183.51mg 29%
Total Carbs 2.29g 6%
Sugars 1.57g 46%
Dietary Fiber 0.21g 6%
Protein 16.04g 236%
Vitamin C 0.5mg 7%
Iron 0.8mg 35%
Calcium 13.6mg 10%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
Search recipes
by ingredients
Search
Construct & Analyze
Your Recipe
Analyze

Try this similar recipes

View More

Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 20.6
    Points
  • 22
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

Also Try

Share Recipe

Recipes▼
Search
Get Your Recipe of Health!
Follow RecipeOfHealth on Facebook!
Scroll to top