Description

Make your holiday turkey gravy even more special with a wonderful taste of fall. Use apple cider and ground sage to liven up that already tasty gravy.

Ingredients

• roasted turkey pan drippings
• 1/4-1/3 c. all-purpose flour
• 1 t. ground sage
• 2-1/2 c. hot reduced-sodium turkey or chicken stock/broth
• 1/2 c. medium-sweet hard cider
• Kosher or sea salt, to taste
• freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Steps

1. Pour pan drippings into a glass measuring cup; let sit until fat rises to the top, about 15 minutes; skim off most of the fat, reserving ¼ c.; discard the remaining; reserve de-fatted drippings.
2. Set roasting pan on top of stove so that it uses 2 burners; turn burners on to medium-low.
3. Spoon ¼ c. turkey fat back into roasting pan, adding butter if there isn't enough. Whisk ¼ c. flour and 1 t. sage into fat; cook, whisking, until flour is nicely browned. Slowly whisk in hot turkey or chicken stock/broth until smooth. Whisk in de-fatted pan drippings and cider until mostly smooth; scrape up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan. Whisk again until smooth.