Turkey Gravy

Total Time: 3 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 turkey wings, split into three pieces
• 3 stalks celery, coarsely chopped
• 1 large onion, coarsely chopped
• 3 carrots, scrubbed and cut up
• 6 cups water
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350.
• 2 place turkey wings, celery, onion and carrot in roasting pan.
• 3 roast in 350 oven for 1 hour, stirring twice, or until nicely browned.
• 4 place ingredients from roasting pan in 8 qrt stockpot.
• 5 add the water.
• 6 simmer, partially covered 2 hours, skimming fat from time to time.
• 7 strain.
• 8 add more water if needed to make 4 cups broth.
• 9 (can be made a day ahead and refrigerated.) to make gravy, add broth from freshly cooked whole turkey to above recipe, reserving 1/2 cup.
• 10 cook over low heat, scraping up browned bits.
• 11 stir flour and reserved 1/2 cup broth in small bowl.
• 12 whisk into pan along with salt and pepper.
• 13 cook over low heat, whisking, until thickened.
• 14 strain into gravy boat.
• 15 for soup stock, skip step 4 and 5 and add soup ingredients and cook accordingly, instead.