Giblet Gravy – Wild Thyme

Giblet Gravy

Cook: 20 Minutes             Serves: 12

Ingredients

• Giblets And Neck, Saved From The Uncooked Turkey
• Drippings From Roasted Turkey
• 1/2 cup All Purpose Flour (more If Needed)
• 4 cups No-sodium Chicken, Turkey, Or Vegetable Broth, More If Needed
• Salt And Pepper (gravy Won’t Need Much Salt)

Preparation

First, take the giblets and neck from the raw turkey and cover them with water, in a small saucepan and seaso with salt. Bring to a gentle boil over medium heat, then reduce the heat to low and simmer it for 1 hour to both to cook the meat and to make a giblet broth for the gravy.

Remove the giblets and neck from the water (don’t worry; they’re supposed to look really gross) and set them aside. Keep the giblet broth in the saucepan for later.

When you’re ready to make the gravy, pour all the drippings from the turkey roasting pan into a bowl. Set the pan back onto the stove.

Let the drippings sit and separate naturally, then use a ladle to carefully separate the fat from the liquid drippings (the fat will be on top, while the drippings will settle at the bottom).

Turn the heat to medium and add about 1 cup of the fat back into the roasting pan. Sprinkle the flour all over the fat and immediately begin whisking it around to make a paste. Add more flour or fat as needed to create the right consistency of your roux: You want the mixture to be like a smooth paste and not overly greasy. If it looks a little greasy, whisk in a little more flour.

Once the paste/roux is ready, whisk it slowly for a few minutes, allowing it to cook to a deep golden brown color. A nice brown roux is the secret the best gravy!

Once the roux is ready, pour in 1 cup of the drippings (the stuff that separated from the fat earlier) and the chicken or turkey broth, whisking constantly. Then just let the gravy cook and thicken, whisking constantly for 5 to 8 minutes.

Meanwhile, use your fingers to remove as much of the neck meat as you can and chop up the giblets into fine pieces. Add as much of the meat to the gravy as you’d like: Add it all if you like a chunky giblet gravy, add a little less if you like the gravy more smooth.

If the gravy seems too thick, add more broth and/or a little of the reserved giblet broth (the water used to cook the giblets.)

Finally, season the gravy with a little bit of salt and plenty of black pepper! (Be sure to taste it and make sure the seasoning is perfect.)

Serve the gravy piping hot at the table.