Recipe - Roast Turkey With Pear And Port Gravy

GLAZE
4 cup Pear nectar
2 cup Tawny Port
One half cup Unsalted butter; (1 stick)
One fourth cup Honey
1 One half teaspoon Minced fresh sage or 1/2
teaspoon dried
; rubbed sage

TURKEY AND GRAVY
1 Turkey; patted dry Sausage,
; Leek and Currant
; Stuffing (20pound)
1 lg Egg; beaten to blend
One fourth cup Pear nectar
4 cup Chicken stock or canned
lowsalt broth
One fourth cup Allpurpose flour
3 tablespoon Unsalted butter; room
temperature
Assorted fresh herbs;
(optional)

For glaze:

Boil all ingredients in heavy large saucepan until reduced to 2 cups, about
40 minutes. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)

For turkey and gravy:

Preheat oven to 450F. Place turkey on rack in roasting pan. Season with
salt and pepper. Spoon 7 cups stuffing into main turkey cavity and 2 cups
into neck cavity. Tuck wings under turkey body. Tie legs together. Add 1
egg and One fourth cup pear nectar to remaining stuffing in bowl and toss well.
Transfer to buttered 13x9x2inch baking dish; cover with aluminum foil and
refrigerate.

Reserve 1 cup glaze for gravy. Brush some of remaining glaze over turkey.
Pour 1 cup chicken stock into bottom of pan. Cover turkey completely with
foil. Place turkey in oven and roast 45 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to
350F. and continue roasting 2 hours, basting every 30 minutes with glaze
and keeping turkey covered. Uncover, baste turkey and roast until meat
thermometer inserted into thickest part of thigh registers 175F. and turkey
is golden, about 15 minutes longer. (Place stuffing in covered baking dish
in oven for last 50 minutes.) Transfer turkey to platter. Tent with
aluminum foil.

Pour pan juices into heavy large saucepan. Degrease pan juices. Place
roasting pan over mediumhigh heat. Add degreased pan juices and remaining
3 cups stock and bring to boil, scraping up any browned bits. Strain
mixture back into saucepan, pressing on solids. Add reserved 1 cup glaze
and simmer 5 minutes. Mix flour and butter to paste in small bowl; whisk in
One half cup stock mixture. Return mixture to remaining stock mixture in
saucepan and boil until thick enough to coat spoon, whisking constantly,
about 2 minutes.

Garnish turkey with fresh herbs if desired. Serve turkey and stuffing,
passing gravy separately.

Serves 10.

Bon Appetit December 1992

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