- 4 cups [1 L] homemade turkey broth or low salt chicken broth
- 3 tablespoons [45 g] unsalted butter
- 1/3 cup [45 g] all-purpose flour
- Turkey juices, fat skimmed off
- 1/2 cup [125 mL] white or red wine
- Sea salt, to taste
- Freshly ground pepper, to taste
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- Bring turkey or chicken broth to a slow boil.
- Melt unsalted butter into a large heavy casserole over medium-high heat until foamy.
- Whip in flour and cook mixture for 1 minute, still stirring.
- Whip in boiling turkey or chicken broth.
- Leave to simmer whipping from time to time, for approximately 1 minute.
- If desired, leave to cool then refrigerate this sauce for up to 2 days.
- Towards the end of the roasting time of the turkey, reheat this sauce over medium heat.
- Remove from oven and transfer done turkey onto a serving plate, cover turkey with al foil and leave turkey to rest.
- Skim off the fat from cooking juices in the roasting pan then transfer roasting on the stove over medium heat, over two elements.
- Using a wooden spoon, pour in white or red wine stirring and scraping the bottom of the roasting pan to remove any brown bits.
- Never leave wine to evaporate completely, but make sure to heat it enough for the alcool smell to disappear.
- Pour this mixture into reheated hot sauce base and leave gravy to simmer slowly for approximately 5 to 10 minutes.
- Season gravy to taste with sea salt and freshly ground pepper before serivng.
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