Roast Turkey With White-Wine Gravy Recipe

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Roast Turkey With White-Wine Gravy
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Ingredients
8
Count
Nutrition
3489
Calories
Total time
270
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Garnish: large bouquet of mixed fresh herb sprigs.
  2. Preheat oven to 325°F.
  3. Rinse turkey inside and out and pat dry.
  4. Fold neck skin under body and fasten with a small skewer.
  5. Using small skewers secure wings to body.
  6. Transfer turkey to a rack set in a roasting pan and melt butter.
  7. Brush inside of turkey with some butter and season with salt and pepper.
  8. Put herb sprigs inside body cavity.
  9. Brush outside of turkey with remaining butter and season with salt and pepper.
  10. Loosely tie drumsticks together with kitchen string.
  11. Roast turkey in middle of oven 1 hour.
  12. Add water to pan and roast turkey, basting every 20 minutes, 2 hours more, or until a meat thermometer inserted in fleshy part of a thigh registers 175°F and juices run clear when thigh is pierced.
  13. Transfer turkey to a heated platter and reserve juices in pan.
  14. Remove skewers and discard string.
  15. Let turkey stand 30 minutes.
  16. While turkey is standing, make gravy:.
  17. Finely chop onion.
  18. Skim fat from reserved pan juices and reserve 1/2 cup fat (for sautéing onions, below, and for stuffing).
  19. On top of stove deglaze pan with wine over moderately high heat, scraping up brown bits, and boil mixture until reduced to about 1/2 cup.
  20. Add 4 cups stock and bring to a simmer.
  21. Pour wine mixture through a sieve into a saucepan.
  22. In a large, heavy skillet sauté onion in 1/4 cup reserved fat over moderately high heat, stirring frequently, until browned, about 15 minutes.
  23. Stir in flour and cook roux over moderately low heat, whisking, 3 minutes.
  24. Bring wine mixture to a simmer.
  25. Add hot wine mixture to roux in a fast stream, whisking constantly to prevent lumps, and simmer, whisking occasionally, 10 minutes.
  26. Whisk in additional stock to thin gravy to desired consistency.
  27. Season gravy with salt and pepper and transfer to a heated sauceboat.
  28. Garnish turkey with herb bouquet and serve with gravy.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 3489.28 Kcal (14609 kJ)
Calories from fat 471.23 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 52.36g 81%
Cholesterol 520.28mg 173%
Sodium 51636.39mg 2152%
Potassium 15195.84mg 323%
Total Carbs 125.23g 42%
Sugars 1.19g 5%
Dietary Fiber 0.53g 2%
Protein 505.4g 1011%
Vitamin C 1.3mg 2%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 5%
Iron 125.2mg 695%
Calcium 91.7mg 9%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 11.71 Kcal (49 kJ)
Calories from fat 1.58 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0.18g 81%
Cholesterol 1.75mg 173%
Sodium 173.33mg 2152%
Potassium 51.01mg 323%
Total Carbs 0.42g 42%
Sugars 0g 5%
Dietary Fiber 0g 2%
Protein 1.7g 1011%
Iron 0.4mg 695%
Calcium 0.3mg 9%

* 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
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 74
    Points
  • 73
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • low calorie,
  • fat free,
  • saturated fat free,
  • cholesterol free,
  • sugar free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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