Best Turkey For Two With Pan Sauce Gravy Recipes

TURKEY PAN GRAVY

Steps:

• Once you've roasted your turkey, pour any pan drippings into a degreasing cup or small bowl. Reserve 2 tablespoons of the fat, discarding the rest, and add the separated juices to the broth. Add the reserved fat to the roasting pan and place on a burner over medium-high heat. Add the shallot, garlic, rosemary, thyme, and bay leaf; season with salt and pepper. Cook until shallot is tender, about 3 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make a paste with the butter and flour in a small bowl; set aside. Add the broth and scrape up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Bring to a boil and whisk in the flour mixture. Boil until sauce thickens to make a gravy, about 4 to 5 minutes. Adjust seasoning, to taste. Remove and discard the garlic and bay leaf. Serve.

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Steps:

• 1 FOR TURKEY: Place turkey on large baking sheet. Cover turkey loosely with clean kitchen towel. Place on kitchen counter until turkey is room temperature, about 4 hours. 2 Position rack on second level from bottom of oven. Preheat oven to 500 degrees F. Rinse turkey inside and out; pat dry. Place turkey breast side up on rack set in 18 x 13 x 2-inch heavy roasting pan. Sprinkle turkey with ground black pepper. 3 Place turkey in oven legs first. Roast until turkey is brown and meat thermometer inserted into thickest part of thigh registers 180 degrees F, covering loosely with foil if browning too quickly, about 2 hours. Tilt turkey to drain any juices into pan. 4 Transfer turkey to platter. Tent loosely with foil; let stand 30 minutes. Reserve pan juices for gravy. 5 FOR PAN GRAVY: Pour pan juices into fat separating measuring cup. Pour off fat. Return pan juices to roasting pan. Set roasting pan atop 2 burners over medium heat. Add Giblet Stock or canned chicken broth. Bring liquid to boil, scraping up any browned bits from bottom of pan. Boil until liquid is reduced to 3 cups. Season pan gravy to taste with salt and pepper. Serve turkey with pan gravy. 6 FOR GIBLET STOCK: Using cleaver, cut neck into two pieces and place them in large saucepan. Add heart, wing tips and gizzard. Add enough water to cover mixture, about 6 cups. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer gently until liquid is reduced to 4 cups, about 2 hours. Using tongs, transfer neck, heart, wing tips and gizzard to medium bowl. Cool. 7 Strain stock into 4-cup glass measuring cup. Remove meat from turkey neck. Finely chop neck meat, heart and gizzard. Combine stock and chopped meat. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)

TURKEY FOR TWO WITH PAN-SAUCE GRAVY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Season turkey with salt and pepper. Let sit at room temperature at least 30 minutes or up to 1 hour, which will help the turkey cook more quickly and evenly.
• Heat oil in a 10" ovenproof skillet over high until just barely smoking. Sear turkey skin side down until deeply golden brown, about 5 minutes; transfer to a plate. Add wine to skillet, scraping up browned bits with a spatula, and cook until liquid is reduced by half, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat, add thyme, rosemary, sage, garlic, cornstarch, and 2/3 cup water, and whisk to combine.
• Place breast skin side up in liquid in skillet and transfer skillet to oven. Roast, checking every 20 minutes or so and adding 1/4 cup more water if liquid under turkey is evaporating lower than 1" in pan, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of breast without touching bone registers 150°F, about 50 minutes (temperature will continue to rise as turkey rests).
• Transfer turkey to a cutting board and let rest 10 minutes before slicing.
• Meanwhile, remove herb sprigs from skillet and discard. Whisk liquid remaining in skillet until garlic mostly dissolves, adding a splash of water and heating over high if needed to loosen (gravy should be thick but easily pourable). Whisk butter into gravy until melted. Strain gravy through a fine-mesh sieve into a small pitcher or bowl.
• Serve turkey with gravy alongside.

THE PERFECT TURKEY WITH PAN GRAVY

Steps:

• Remove the center oven rack and preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Remove the giblets and neck from the turkey and rinse. Reserve for the dressing.
• Place chopped onions, celery, and carrots in the bottom of the roasting pan. Pick a few herbs off the stalks and add to the vegetables. Set aside.
• Pat dry the turkey with paper towels. Season the cavity with kosher salt (approximately 2 tablespoons). Place the quartered onion and the remaining herbs inside the turkey cavity. Cover the tips of the wings with aluminum foil and truss the turkey (see Cook's Note**).
• Rub the turkey with the softened butter. Place the turkey in the roasting pan breast side up on a roasting rack.
• Place the turkey in the oven with the lid on. Baste every hour starting after the first 1 1/2 hours. Cook until an instant read thermometer inserted in the leg meat near the hip joint reads 160 degrees F (approximately 3 hours). Remove the lid and turn the oven up to 400 degrees F. Continue to cook the turkey for 20 to 25 minutes, until the turkey skin is golden and an instant-read thermometer inserted in the leg meat near the hip joint reads 175 degrees F. Remove the turkey from the pan and let it rest in a warm place for 20 minutes before carving (see Cook's Note***.)
• Place roasting pan over medium heat and add 1/2 cup of water. Use a wooden spoon to help release the drippings from the bottom of the pan. Using a fine sieve, strain drippings into a medium saucepot. Place the saucepot over medium heat.
• Whisk the cream and flour together in a small bowl to create a smooth paste. Add a 1/2 cup of the pan drippings to the cream mixture and whisk together. Pour the cream mixture into the saucepot and whisk together. Cook for approximately 2 to 3 minutes and reduce heat to medium low. Simmer for 15 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Serve with the perfect turkey.

TURKEY CUTLETS WITH PAN GRAVY

Steps:

• Combine poultry seasoning, seasoned salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper; sprinkle on both sides of turkey.
• Heat oil in large skillet; cook turkey for 2-3 minutes on each side or until juices run clear.
• Remove turkey; cover and keep warm.
• In same skillet, melt butter and whisk in flour until smooth.
• Gradually stir in chicken broth; bring to a boil.
• Cook and stir until thickened, about 2 minutes.
• Stir in remaining 1/8 teaspoon pepper and serve over turkey.