Roast Turkey with White Wine Gravy
- 1 18- to 20-pound turkey, excess fat from tail reserved; neck, heart and gizzard reserved for Turkey Stock
- 9 cups Oyster Stuffing with Shiitake Mushrooms and Leeks
- 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) butter, room temperature
- 5 cups (about) Turkey Stock
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1 cup dry white wine
- Position rack in bottom third of oven and preheat to 325F.
- Pat turkey dry with paper towels.
- Turn turkey breast side down; fold wing tips under.
- Pull out excess fat from neck cavity and reserve.
- Spoon 3 cups stuffing into neck cavity.
- Pin down neck-skin flap with skewers to enclose stuffing.
- Rub back of turkey with 2 tablespoons butter; sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Place turkey, breast side up, on rack in roasting pan.
- Spoon remaining 6 cups stuffing into main cavity.
- Pin with skewers to enclose stuffing.
- Tie legs together to hold shape.
- Rub 4 tablespoons butter over turkey.
- Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Add reserved turkey fat and 2 cups Turkey Stock to pan.
- Cover breast with heavy-duty foil.
- Roast turkey 3 1/2 hours, basting turkey, including breast under foil, every 30 minutes with pan juices and adding stock to pan, 1/2 cup at a time, if liquid evaporates.
- Remove foil.
- Roast turkey until meat thermometer inserted into thickest part of thigh registers 180F, basting occasionally with pan juices, about 1 hour longer.
- Transfer turkey to platter and let stand 20 minutes.
- Strain juices from roasting pan into 8-cup glass measuring cup; spoon off fat.
- Return 1/2 cup fat to roasting pan.
- Add enough Turkey Stock to pan juices in measuring cup to measure 5 cups.
- Heat fat in roasting pan atop 2 burners over medium heat.
- Whisk in flour.
- Cook until mixture is smooth and golden, whisking constantly, about 4 minutes.
- Pour in wine, then whisk in stock mixture.
- Simmer until gravy thickens, whisking often, about 5 minutes.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Serve turkey with gravy.
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/roast-turkey-with-white-wine-gravy-104281 (may not work)