Super Yummy, Super Simple Turkey Gravy

Gravy is weird, to me. I cannot understand taking the fat from an animal, adding some ingredients to it, and pouring it atop of the meat, the vegetables, and anything else in its path. However, most people love gravy on Thanksgiving Day. My brother, literally, puts turkey on his gravy!

This recipe, from my grandmother, is simple and can be made ahead.

Ingredients

• 4-5 lbs. turkey wings
• 2 medium onions, peeled & each cut into 8 pieces
• 2-3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1-1/2 teaspoons salt (divided)
• 3/4 teaspoon ground black pepper (divided)
• 2 garlic cloves, peeled
• 2 quarts low sodium turkey stock, divided
• 2-3 sprigs fresh sage
• 2-3 sprigs fresh thyme
• 2-3 sprigs fresh rosemary
• 3 celery stalks, each quartered
• 2/3 cups flour

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray roasting pan with cooking spray. Add turkey wings and onions. Drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. 

Bake for 1 hour until turkey & onions are browned. Flip over turkey wings, add garlic cloves and bake another 15 minutes. Remove wings, onions, & garlic to stock pot. Add 1 cup chicken broth to baking pan and whisk to loosen browned bits. 

Add pan liquid to stockpot along with celery, herbs, and remaining chicken broth. Simmer for 1 hour. Remove solids from liquid stock.  Pour stock through wire strainer to remove remaining bits. Remove grease from stock by using grease separator or chilling in fridge so that hardened fat can be scraped off the top. 

For 5-1/2 cups of stock, make a slurry* by shaking 1 cup stock with 2/3 cup of flour in a jar. Heat stock, 1 tsp. salt, and 1/2 tsp. pepper in large saucepan until steaming. Whisk constantly while gradually adding slurry to stock until desired consistency is reached. Cook on low for 10 min. Serve right away or store in fridge no more than 3 days.

 May be frozen for up to a month. Reheat in microwave or on stove top; add water or chicken broth to thin it, if necessary. Taste and adjust seasoning.

*To thicken gravy, for each one cup of turkey stock make a slurry of 1 tablespoon of flour to 1-1/2 tablespoons of water or broth to shake together in the jar.