ROAST TURKEY WITH ORANGES, BAY LEAVES, RED ONIONS, AND PAN GRAVY

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Categories     Poultry     turkey     Roast     Thanksgiving     Orange     Fall     Gourmet

Yield Makes 8 to 10 servings

Number Of Ingredients 15

For turkey
1 (12- to 14-lb) turkey (preferably kosher), any quills removed if necessary and neck and giblets (excluding liver) reserved for making stock
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
2 navel oranges, each cut into 8 wedges
3 small red onions, each cut into 8 wedges
5 bay leaves (not California)
3/4 stick (6 tablespoons) unsalted butter, melted
For gravy
Pan juices from roast turkey
About 4 cups turkey stock (page 198)
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
Garnish: 4 roasted onions, each cut into 8 wedges (optional); fresh bay leaves (do not eat)
Special Equipment
small metal skewers or wooden toothpicks; kitchen string

Steps:

  • Roast turkey:
  • Preheat oven to 425°F.
  • Rinse turkey inside and out and pat dry. Sprinkle turkey inside and out with salt and pepper, then fold neck skin under body and secure with small skewer. Stuff large cavity with oranges, 1 onion, and bay leaves. Tie drumsticks together with kitchen string and secure wings to body with small skewers.
  • Put turkey on a rack set in a large flameproof roasting pan and roast in middle of oven 30 minutes.
  • While turkey is roasting, toss remaining 2 onions with 2 tablespoons melted butter.
  • Reduce oven temperature to 350°F. Brush remaining 1/4 cup butter over turkey and roast 30 minutes more. Baste turkey and scatter buttered onion wedges around it, then roast, basting turkey every 30 minutes (add a little water to pan if onions get too dark) until an instant-read thermometer inserted into fleshy part of a thigh (do not touch bone) registers 170°F, 1 1/2 to 2 hours more (total roasting time: 2 1/2 to 3 hours). Transfer turkey to a platter (do not clean roasting pan) and let stand 25 minutes (temperature will rise to 180°F).
  • Make gravy:
  • Transfer pan juices with onions to a 2-quart glass measure, then skim off and reserve 1/4 cup fat. Add enough turkey stock to pan juices to make 4 1/2 cups total. Set roasting pan across 2 burners, then add 1 cup stock mixture and deglaze pan by boiling over moderately high heat, stirring and scraping up brown bits. Add remaining stock mixture and bring to a simmer. Pour stock through a fine sieve back into glass measure and discard onions.
  • Whisk together reserved fat and flour in a large heavy saucepan and cook roux over moderately low heat, whisking, 3 minutes. Add hot stock mixture in a fast stream, whisking constantly to prevent lumps, then simmer, whisking occasionally, until thickened, about 10 minutes. Stir in any additional turkey juices accumulated on platter and season gravy with salt and pepper.
  • Serve turkey with gravy on the side.

Tanchona Lingden
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Meh.


DEEPAK KUMAR SAHANI
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This recipe is a keeper! The turkey was so moist and flavorful, and the gravy was to die for. I will definitely be making this again for Thanksgiving.


Deni Nica
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The turkey was a bit dry, but the gravy was excellent.


ABIOLA IFABUMUYI
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I've made this recipe several times and it always comes out great. The turkey is moist and flavorful, and the gravy is rich and delicious. I highly recommend this recipe.


Sharin Israt
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This was my first time roasting a turkey and it turned out perfectly! The orange and bay leaves gave the turkey a delicious flavor, and the pan gravy was amazing. I will definitely be making this again.