Gravy A La Bogue - 2 Ways
Ingredients
Unsalted butter (less than 1 stick), melted,
cup About 9 hot chicken stock (broth)
Preparation
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Scrap pan for all browned gummy bits of heaven and put into a 4qt. pot.
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Add enough stock to pan juices to total 8 cups liquid (2 quarts).
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Straddle roasting pan across 2 burners.
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Whisk together reserved fat and flour in a 4-quart heavy saucepan and cook roux over moderately low heat, whisking, 5 minutes. Add hot stock with pan juices in a stream, whisking constantly to prevent lumps, then bring to a boil, whisking. Stir in any turkey juices accumulated on platter and simmer gravy 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper.
Tools
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About
Fat (butter or drippings) + thickener (white flour or corn starch) mixed +stock + heat = gravy
If you get in trouble with lumpy bits, throw it in a blender - just not all at once or you'll be cleaning your kitchen from a gravy exlplosion instead of sitting down with your family while everything is hot!
Yield:
4.0 servings
Added:
Monday, December 14, 2009 - 1:41pm