Garlic-Rosemary Turkey With Mushroom Gravy
- 6 large head garlic, unpeeled, top 1/3 inch cut off to expose garlic
- 6 tablespoons olive oil
- 14 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary
- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 12 teaspoon salt
- 12 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 18 lbs turkey, neck & gizzard reserved
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 2 large celery ribs, chopped
- 1 large carrot, chopped
- 2 12 cups dry white wine
- 7 cups chicken broth (about)
- 2 lbs mushrooms, thickly sliced
- 13 cup all-purpose flour
- For garlic paste:.
- Preheat oven to 350F
- Arrange garlic, cut side up, in 8x8x2-inch glass baking dish.
- Drizzle with 6 tablespoons oil.
- Cover dish with foil.
- Bake until garlic is very tender but not yet brown, about 1 hour 20 minutes.
- Uncover and cool 45 minutes.
- Squeeze garlic cloves to remove from peel.
- Place 1 cup garlic cloves in processor (reserve remainder for another use).
- Add butter, rosemary, mustard, salt, and pepper.
- Process until almost smooth.
- Transfer paste to small bowl.
- (Can be made 4 days ahead.
- Cover; chill.
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- For turkey and gravy:.
- Set rack in bottom third of oven and preheat to 350F
- Rinse turkey inside and out; pat dry.
- Starting at neck end, carefully slide hand between skin and breast meat to loosen skin.
- Rub 1/2 cup garlic paste over breast meat under skin.
- If stuffing turkey, spoon stuffing into neck and main cavities.
- Tuck wings under; tie legs together loosely to hold shape.
- Place turkey on small rack set in large roasting pan.
- Rub 2/3 cup garlic paste all over outside of turkey; reserve remaining paste for gravy.
- Place reserved turkey parts, onion, celery, and carrot in pan around turkey.
- Boil wine in medium saucepan 2 minutes.
- Pour 1 cup wine and 1 cup broth into pan.
- Roast turkey 1 hour.
- Pour 1 cup broth over turkey; cover turkey breast loosely with foil.
- Roast 1 hour.
- Pour 1 cup wine and 1 cup broth over turkey.
- Cover breast and top of drumsticks loosely with foil.
- Roast turkey 1 hour.
- Pour 1/2 cup broth over turkey.
- Roast uncovered until thermometer inserted into thickest part of thigh registers 175F, covering any exposed parts of turkey with foil as necessary if over-browning, about 1 hour 10 minutes longer for unstuffed turkey and 1 hour 45 minutes for stuffed.
- Remove from oven.
- Using bulb baster, transfer any juices from main cavity of unstuffed turkey to turkey roasting pan.
- Transfer turkey to platter; let stand 30 minutes (internal temperature of turkey will increase 5 to 10 degrees).
- Pour turkey pan juices into medium bowl; scrape in any browned bits from pan.
- Spoon off fat from top of juices, reserving 3 tablespoons fat.
- Strain juices into large glass measuring cup, pressing hard on solids.
- Add remaining 1/2 cup wine and enough chicken broth to turkey pan juices to measure 6 cups.
- Heat reserved 3 tablespoons turkey fat in heavy large pot over medium-high heat.
- Add mushrooms; saute until brown and juices evaporate, about 18 minutes.
- Mix in remaining garlic paste.
- Sprinkle with flour and stir until flour begins to brown, about 2 minutes.
- Gradually whisk in 6 cups broth mixture.
- Bring to boil, scraping up browned bits.
- Boil until gravy coats spoon lightly, about 8 minutes; season with salt and pepper.
- Serve turkey with gravy.
head garlic, olive oil, unsalted butter, fresh rosemary, mustard, salt, ground black pepper, turkey, onion, celery, carrot, white wine, chicken broth, mushrooms, flour
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/garlic-rosemary-turkey-with-mushroom-gravy-508080 (may not work)