This is the last of my Thanksgiving-related recipes, at least for this year. So basically in my family we'd make the turkey early in the day and collect all the drippings, and my grandmother would use that to make gravy and the turkey would sit in a warmed oven to stay warm but not continue cooking. Here's her recipe for it, straight from the recipe book!
You'll need the following;
- 1 stick of butter
- 1/4 cup flour
- The drippings from your turkey
- Some water
- A bullion cube (optional)
So really the bullion cube is only for flavor, because typically you'd make gravy with chicken stock or something similar instead of water. If you're making this way after Thanksgiving, as the drippings can be saved for a week or more in a sealed container in the fridge, you could even use some of the bone broth from my previous turkey soup recipe if you wanted to!
The rest, however, needs to be there. And while you can filter your drippings my family was never big on that so we just used whatever ended up in the bottom of the pan. Which of course based on how you cook the turkey it will flavor the gravy too.
Start by melting your butter in a small saucepan and once it's totally empty add in your flour and mix it together until it makes a consistency kind of like really smooth mashed potatoes.
Add in your drippings, water and optional flavoring and stir until it's well mixed. Keep it on the heat for about 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
Remove from heat and allow to cool, it will thicken as it does. Spread it over whatever you like (potatoes and meat, for example) and enjoy! This stuff is great cold or warm, but honestly it's best warm with some butter over mashed potatoes if you ask me :)
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Sounds good! I usually make gravy with milk, rather than butter & water, but I might try it your way sometime! Thanks for sharing your recipe! 😋
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I like to compare my grandmother's recipes with online ones sometimes and I did see a lot of milk/buttermilk/ect instead of butter and some kind of soup stock (chicken or veggie usually) instead of water, but if it works it works right XD
You're welcome, if you try it sometime I'd be interested to see how it goes and how you like it ^^
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