On Christmas night, the moment your turkey is ready is the moment everybody is ready to eat. That is no time to start a gravy. This one you make that morning, the day before, or even weeks ahead in the freezer. When the day comes, you reheat it, whisk it, and serve. A real homemade turkey gravy, thick, deep beige, tasting of roast chicken and brown butter, with no last-minute scramble!<\/p>\n
The whole point is not to wait for the turkey. So obviously you have nothing from the turkey on hand, and turkey wings are hard to find at the grocery store. Chicken wings do the job. I brown them in the big pot, add the vegetables, the white wine and the broth, and let it simmer while I do something else. You strain it, press the wings to get all their juice out, and you end up with a base that actually tastes like something.<\/p>\n
I let the butter melt until it turns nutty brown before adding the flour. It tastes like more, and it makes a darker gravy. Small detail, big difference. And it is not just for turkey: on chicken, on mashed potatoes, on a poutine, it goes everywhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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