Turkey with gravy Recipe

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Ingredients:

  • 1 stick butter
  • 2-3 cup chicken stock
  • 1 cup cider
  • bunch(es) thyme , sage

Directions:

  1. And prepare turkey. Combine soft butter and sage & rosemary for the herb crust. Season with Salt & pepper. Work butter mix under the skin of turkey and massage it into breasts and legs, then outside on skin. Tie legs together over the breast.
  2. Gravy prep: Chop veggies and apples & mix with mashed garlic, bay leaves, cinnamon stick and thyme in roasting pan and season with salt. Arrange turkey on top of veggies and refrigerate overnight uncovered.
  3. Preheat oven to 500 degrees for 1 hour before cooking. Turn down to 400. Put 2 cups stock and 1 cup cider in bottom of roasting pan. Roast the turkey in oven. Baste every 30 mins.
  4. When done, let rest for 30 mins. Cover loosely with foil. Strain veggies over a bowl to separate them from the stock mixture. Discard veggies. Skim off fat and add fat to roasting pan. This is the fat for the roux. Put the roasting pan over 2 burners over low heat and whisk in flour. cool till it looks like wet sand, 4-5 mins. Slowly whiski in remaining 1 cup cider, remaining stock and the stock/cider mixture. Cool till it has thickened and reached a gravy consistency. Season.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 8129.22 Kcal (34035 kJ)
Calories from fat 3578.85 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 397.65g 612%
Cholesterol 3862.39mg 1287%
Sodium 6484.62mg 270%
Potassium 12036.07mg 256%
Total Carbs 26.39g 9%
Sugars 12g 48%
Protein 1119.57g 2239%
Vitamin A 1.1mg 38%
Iron 50mg 278%
Calcium 612.1mg 61%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 136.53 Kcal (572 kJ)
Calories from fat 60.11 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 6.68g 612%
Cholesterol 64.87mg 1287%
Sodium 108.91mg 270%
Potassium 202.15mg 256%
Total Carbs 0.44g 9%
Sugars 0.2g 48%
Protein 18.8g 2239%
Iron 0.8mg 278%
Calcium 10.3mg 61%

* 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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Weightwatchers Points

  • 195.7
    Points
  • 207
    PointsPlus

Good Points

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

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Total Fat

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