GIBLET GRAVY
INGREDIENTS:
1 package of giblets including the neck
2 quarts water
3 boiled eggs, chopped (optional)
1/2 cup drippings from baked turkey roasting pan or 1/2 cup
butter
1/2 cup
all-purpose flour
1 1/2 quarts reserved giblet broth
Salt - to taste
Freshly ground black peppercorns
(Tellicherry)
- to taste
In a 3 quart heavy bottomed
pot, add giblets and 2 quarts water over high
heat. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer covered until
giblets are tender which takes about two hours. Add additional water
if needed while giblets are simmering.
If time is of the essence, place giblets in an 8 quart
pressure cooker with
at least three quarts of water and pressure cook for 35 minutes.
Remove pressure cooker from heat and place under running cold tap water
until pressure cooker seals disengage and process the giblets as below.
Remove giblets from pot; allow to cool. Remove meat from the turkey neck;
chop the giblets, e.g., heart, lungs, kidneys, gizzard and set aside.
Place a medium size heavy bottom pot on medium/high heat, add 1/2 cup of drippings or
butter and
sprinkle 1/2 cup of flour into the drippings/butter; mixing well. Reduce heat
to low/medium and continue to cook the mixture until it turns a light brown
color which will take 5 minutes.
You need to constantly stir the gravy/roux mixture to keep it from sticking.
You want the mixture to be like a thick paste.
Add reserved giblet broth one cup at a time, mixing well until the gravy is
the consistency you desire. For the amount of flour and drippings used
above, you will need at least 5 cups of the reserved giblet broth. Add the chopped giblets and neck meat, chopped
eggs; salt and black pepper to taste.
Serve while hot over
cornbread dressing and
turkey slices.
NOTE: Visit
my Roux page for
additional information about gravies aka Roux. Many people use the
baked turkey roasting pan to make the gravy in since the drippings are
already there. You have to dip out the extra grease and leave the
amount of grease/drippings you need in the roasting pan.
As far back as I can remember, my Mom and Grandma made giblet gravy to go
with the turkey and cornbread dressing.
YIELD: 12 servings or more.
Above giblet gravy picture added on 11-25-18. Visit my
Thanksgiving 2018
page.
The above giblet gravy over a serving of cornbread dressings was
"off the chain good."
Web page updated by Bill aka Mickey Porter on 11-25-18.
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