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Turkey Gravy from Pan Drippings

Ingredients · Serves 12 · Prep 5 min · Total 30 min

  • Gravy
  • 4 cups chicken or turkey broth, warmed, low-sodium is best; the turkey pan juices replace some of it
  • ⅓ cup unsalted butter, or fat skimmed from the turkey pan drippings
  • ⅓ cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp fresh thyme leaves, or 1/2 tsp dried
  • ¼ tsp black pepper
  • kosher salt, to taste
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Steps

  1. Once the turkey is out of the oven, pour everything from the roasting pan into a fat separator or a large heatproof measuring cup and let it settle until the fat floats on top.
  2. No drippings, or making it ahead? Skip the next two steps: the butter is your fat and 4 cups of broth is your liquid. Everything after that is the same.
  3. Spoon the clear fat off the top. Use up to 1/3 cup of it in place of the butter (make up any shortfall with butter) and save the dark juices underneath.
  4. Set the empty roasting pan across two burners over medium heat, pour in 1 cup of the broth and scrape up the browned bits with a wooden spoon until they dissolve. Pour this into the saved juices.
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Steps, continued

  1. Add enough of the remaining broth to the juices to make 4 cups of liquid in all.
  2. Melt the fat or butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
  3. Whisk in the flour to make a roux and keep whisking until it smells toasty and turns light golden brown.
  4. Pour in the warm liquid about 1 cup at a time, whisking hard after each pour so no lumps form.
  5. Add the thyme, bring the gravy to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer, whisking often, until it coats the back of a spoon.
  6. Stir in the pepper, then taste and add salt a pinch at a time. Drippings can be salty, so always taste first.
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Steps, continued

  1. Thin with a splash of broth if it gets too thick, or simmer a few minutes more if it's thin. For extra-smooth gravy, pour it through a fine-mesh strainer. Serve hot.