Roast Turkey with Oranges, Bay Leaves, Red Onions, and Pan Gravy

Name: Roast Turkey with Oranges, Bay Leaves, Red Onions, and Pan Gravy
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 5 bay leaves (not California); 1 teaspoons black pepper; 79 milliliters all-purpose flour; 2 navel oranges, each cut into 8 wedges; 3 smalls red onions, each cut into 8 wedges; 10 servings Pan juices from roast turkey; 1 teaspoons salt; 5 kilograms turkey (preferably kosher), any quills removed if necessary and neck and giblets (excluding liver) reserved for making stock; 946 milliliters About turkey stock (page 198); 6 Tbsps 3/4 stick unsalted butter, melted

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Roast Turkey with Oranges, Bay Leaves, Red Onions, and Pan Gravy a try. This recipe covers 36% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 10. One serving contains 722 calories, 94g of protein, and 30g of fat. It will be a hit at your Thanksgiving event. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. A mixture of bay leaves, turkey, navel oranges, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. To use up the flour you could follow this main course with the Apple Tart with Caramel Sauce as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425°F.

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Oven

Rinse turkey inside and out and pat dry.

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Whole Turkey

Sprinkle turkey inside and out with salt and pepper, then fold neck skin under body and secure with small skewer. Stuff large cavity with oranges, 1 onion, and bay leaves. Tie drumsticks together with kitchen string and secure wings to body with small skewers.

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Salt And Pepper

Bay Leaves

Chicken Drumsticks

Orange

Whole Turkey

Onion

Chicken Wings

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Kitchen Twine

Skewers

Put turkey on a rack set in a large flameproof roasting pan and roast in middle of oven 30 minutes.

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Whole Turkey

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Roasting Pan

Oven

While turkey is roasting, toss remaining 2 onions with 2 tablespoons melted butter.

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Butter

Onion

Whole Turkey

Reduce oven temperature to 350°F.

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Oven

Brush remaining 1/4 cup butter over turkey and roast 30 minutes more. Baste turkey and scatter buttered onion wedges around it, then roast, basting turkey every 30 minutes (add a little water to pan if onions get too dark) until an instant-read thermometer inserted into fleshy part of a thigh (do not touch bone) registers 170°F, 1 1/2 to 2 hours more (total roasting time: 2 1/2 to 3 hours).

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Butter

Onion

Whole Turkey

Water

Bone

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Kitchen Thermometer

Frying Pan

Transfer turkey to a platter (do not clean roasting pan) and let stand 25 minutes (temperature will rise to 180°F).

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Whole Turkey

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Roasting Pan

Transfer pan juices with onions to a 2-quart glass measure, then skim off and reserve 1/4 cup fat.

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Onion

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Frying Pan

Add enough turkey stock to pan juices to make 4 1/2 cups total. Set roasting pan across 2 burners, then add 1 cup stock mixture and deglaze pan by boiling over moderately high heat, stirring and scraping up brown bits.

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Stock

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Roasting Pan

Add remaining stock mixture and bring to a simmer.

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Stock

Pour stock through a fine sieve back into glass measure and discard onions.

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Onion

Stock

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Sieve

Whisk together reserved fat and flour in a large heavy saucepan and cook roux over moderately low heat, whisking, 3 minutes.

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All Purpose Flour

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Whisk

Sauce Pan

Add hot stock mixture in a fast stream, whisking constantly to prevent lumps, then simmer, whisking occasionally, until thickened, about 10 minutes. Stir in any additional turkey juices accumulated on platter and season gravy with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Whole Turkey

Gravy