Turkey Gravy

Recipe courtesy Tyler Florence, 2007

Show: Food Network SpecialsEpisode: Dear Food Network: Thanksgiving

Rated: 3 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (8)

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Cook Time:
2 hr 0 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
5 to 6 cups

Times:

Prep: 20 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 2 hr 0 min
Total:: 2 hr 20 min

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Ingredients

5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
2 pounds pounds regular or smoked turkey wings or a mixture
1 medium onion, halved
4 carrots, chopped
2 to 3 cloves garlic
1/2 bunch fresh sage
1/2 bunch fresh thyme
8 black peppercorns
6 cups low-sodium chicken broth
Pan drippings from a roast turkey
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions

Heat about half the olive oil in a large stockpot over medium-high heat. Add the turkey wings and brown. Remove the turkey wings and add the remaining oil, onion, carrots, garlic, herbs, and peppercorns and cook for 5 minutes, scraping the brown bits on the bottom of the pan. Return the wings to the pot and add chicken broth. Bring to the boil, skimming any foam that rises to the surface. Reduce the heat and simmer for about 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Strain out and discard the solids and set aside the stock.

Once your turkey has roasted, set the pan over medium heat on the stove top. Discard some of the fat if there is too much (you'll need about 1/4 cup). Add the butter and cook until melted. Add the flour to the pan and, using a whisk, stir constantly to incorporate the fat and flour. Once you have a consistent paste add the warm stock in a steady stream while you stir to work out any lumps. Cook until the gravy has thickened, about 10 to 15 minutes. Season well with salt and pepper and serve.

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Philip San Francisco, CA 11-24-2009
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BUST - HE CHANGED THIS RECIPE SINCE FIRST POSTING IN 2007
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I saw Tyler make this recipe on his show in 2007 and I printed it. It has changed drastically since his original version --... but sounds like the new one is no better that the slop I just made!! Food Network -- WHERE IS YOUR QUALITY CONTROL??? His first recipe had NO chicken broth -- basically after roasting the wings and then simmering with the veggies for 2 hours in WATER -- he had you strain it and make a roux and add the broth to it. It taste like weak chicken broth. I had to add corn starch to get it to thicken. It is completely tasteless and I made it ahead but will not serve it. In the first version he never mentions adding it to your roasting pan after you cook your turkey -- he never even mentions the turkey in the first version. This has happened to me before with recipes at FN --they change them dramatically and appear to have no quality control. I am now heading out to buy a bottle of turkey gravy that will be better than this swill.Read more
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nina amelia isalnd, FL 11-26-2008
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not the same as printout
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

My husband and I just made this from the print out version and it dosn't say to put any liquid on the wings before you put in... oven. Then it dosn't say whether to remove the carrots,celery herbs etc., before you put flour on. This is so aggravating and I have lost confidence in the Food Network terribly. it costs a lot of money to duplicate these recipes and it is literally down the drain, and here we are up the creek with no gravy.Read more
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Kami Rigby, ID 11-05-2008
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Our Favorite Gravy!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This will be my 3rd Thanksgiving making this gravy. The flavors are amazing and my family loves it. We had a family reunion... on thanksgiving and I had to make 4 gallons of gravy, this recipe made it easy to make a yummy gravy, and make the drippings stetch. My aunts and grandma kept following me around asking me for the recipe. I only use chicken stock and no turkey wings because I add the drippings of my turkey. This recipe does not make a thick gravy, plan on adding alot more flour. I usually make this a few weeks in advance and freeze the stock, one less stress for the big day. Also this makes an amazing soup stock so I make extra and add it to the meat I boiled off the turkey bones. Best soup ever.Read more
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Anonymous 11-23-2007
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Not one of Tyler's better recipes
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

I usually like Tyler's recipes, but this one is quite a failure. It makes a nice stock but not a good gravy. It tastes more... like carrots than turkey, and the color is not the nice deep brown of a good gravy. In fact, it turned grey upon sitting in the refrigerator overnight. I couldn't find smoked turkey wings and used regular turkey wings, but otherwise, I followed the recipe faithfully. I didn't serve it but made last minute (but tasty) gravy from the turkey drippings instead.Read more
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Susan Bangor, ME 11-23-2007
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a huge disappointment
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

Despite some really negative reviews, I really thought this sounded like an answer to my prayer of not having too much to do... at the last minute, so decided to try it. I made the stock a few days ahead and kept it in the frig, ready for the big day. At gravy time, I made a nice little roux, then added the pan deglaze and the ALL the defatted meat drippings -- this meant I had none left to make gravy if this one failed, as so many had predicted. Well, it failed. It was a bland-tasting turkey soup, and no one liked it. And to think I wasted all those good pan drippings on this stuff! Never again.... I'll go back to my last-minute but great-tasting gravy!Read more
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MICHELLE Chesterfield, MO 11-23-2007
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Delicious!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

After learning that someone was bringing a fried turkey to dinner, I needed to find a recipe that wasn't going to require... the pan grease from roasting the turkey. This gravy does call for the juices from the pan of your roasted turkey but I just used some of the grease from cooking the required smoked wings (grease in the stock) and it turned out WONDERFUL! Great flavors--totally delicious. At first I wasn't sure I would find any smoked wings in the grocery but to my surprise after digging deep, they had various smoked parts of the turkey. Make this--it is a can't miss gravy!Read more