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Roasted Butterflied Turkey with Gravy

A spatchcocked turkey roasted flat and fast on a rack over a bed of onion, carrot, celery and thyme, done in about eighty minutes, with a gravy built from the browned backbone, neck and giblets, a golden roux and the tray juices.

  • YieldServes 4
  • Hands-on1 h 20 min
  • Total2 h 53 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

Turkey

  • 1large onions, roughly chopped
  • 1large carrots, peeled and roughly chopped
  • 1½ stalkscelery, roughly chopped
  • 5 sprigsfresh thyme
  • 10 mlvegetable oil, divided
  • ½whole turkey, 2.2–2.6 kg, butterflied; backbone, neck and giblets kept
  • to tastekosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Gravy

  • 550 mlhomemade or low-sodium chicken or turkey stock
  • 1 leafbay
  • 20 gunsalted butter
  • 10 gplain flour (about ¼ cup)

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Dairy
  • Celery
  • Wheat
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Cabbage family (any)
  • Carrot
  • Thyme
  • Bay leaf
  • Black and white pepper
  • Poultry and birds (any)
  • Chicken
  • Turkey

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh

Texture

  • Crisp

Equipment

  • Oven
  • Stovetop
  • Probe thermometer

Season

  • Fall
  • Winter

Occasion

  • Entertaining
  • Holiday

Effort

  • 45–90 min active
  • 1–3 hours total
  • Difficulty 3
  • Leftovers-friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: high
  • Protein: high
  • Carbs: low
  • Fat: high
  • Fiber: low
  • Sodium: high

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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