November 12 2018 recipe & photo by Maria Emmerich![Maria Emmerich]()
, nutritional review by Franziska Spritzler, RD, CDE![Franziska Spritzler, RD, CDE]()
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, nutritional review by Franziska Spritzler, RD, CDE
in Recipes, Main course Turkey with bacon gravy
Want to know the secret to the best gravy? It's bacon! Maria Emmerich's turkey with an irresistible bacon gravy is the perfect addition to your Thanksgiving table. Moist, infused with flavor, and roasted to perfection.
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Ingredients
- 12 lbs 5.5 kg whole turkey
- 1 lb 450 g cherry tomatoes
- fine grain sea salt
- fresh ground black pepper
- 5½ oz. (1 cup) 160 g (240 ml) red onion, dicedred onions, diced
- 2 2 garlic clove, mincedgarlic cloves, minced
- 1 (1½ oz.) 1 (40 g) large celery stalk, dicedlarge celery stalks, diced
- 4 tsp 4 tsp fresh thyme, about four small sprigs
- 8 oz. 230 g bacon diced
- 4 oz. 110 g ghee or butter
- 2 2 lemon, the juicelemons, the juice
- 1⁄8 tsp 1⁄8 tsp guar gum (optional)
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Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
- Remove the neck and giblets from the turkey.
- Pat the turkey dry and season the outside and inside with salt and pepper.
- Place cherry tomatoes inside the cavity along with onions, celery, garlic, and thyme.
- Tie the legs together with kitchen twine. Put the turkey on a rack set in a large roasting pan and tuck the wings under the body.
- Cook the bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until crisp, for 7-8 minutes. Transfer to paper towels to drain, reserving the drippings in the skillet.
- Add the ghee or butter to the skillet with the drippings and stir until melted; then pour it into a bowl and stir in the lemon juice. Rub the mixture all over the turkey.
- Place into oven for 30 minutes. After every 30 minutes, baste the turkey with the drippings. Roast for about 3 hours or until a thermometer inserted into the thigh registers 165°F (74°C).
- Remove from oven onto a serving tray to rest for at least 25 minutes before carving.
- Meanwhile, pour the drippings into a saucepan. Whisk in the guar gum to thicken. After 5 minutes of whisking, add a touch more if you want a thicker gravy. Then add the reserved bacon for one amazing gravy.
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