Herbed Turkey with Roasted Garlic Gravy

Make the garlic-herb rub up to a day ahead and rub under the skin of the
turkey, then let the turkey chill. After you cook the turkey, cover it with foil
to keep it warm while you bake the sweet potato casserole and sourdough
stuffing.

Garlic-herb rub:
1 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves
1/4 cup fresh sage leaves
1/4 cup fresh rosemary leaves
1/4 cup fresh thyme leaves
12 garlic cloves

Turkey:
1 whole garlic head
1 (15-pound) fresh or frozen turkey, thawed
Cooking spray

Roasted Garlic Gravy:
2 (14 1/2-ounce) cans fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
1/4 cup all-purpose flour

Preheat oven to 325 .
To prepare garlic-herb rub, place first 5 ingredients in a food processor;
process until finely minced.
To prepare turkey, remove white papery skin from garlic head (do not peel or
separate the cloves). Wrap garlic head in foil. Set aside.
Remove and discard giblets and neck from turkey. Rinse turkey with cold
water; pat dry. Trim excess fat. Starting at neck cavity, loosen skin from breast
and drumsticks by inserting fingers, gently pushing between skin and meat.
Spread garlic-herb rub under loosened skin and rub over breast and drumsticks.
Gently press skin to secure. Lift wing tips up and over back; tuck under
turkey.
Place turkey on a broiler pan coated with cooking spray. Insert a meat
thermometer into meaty part of a thigh, making sure not to touch bone. Bake at
325 for 1 hour. Add garlic head to pan; bake an additional 2 hours or until
thermometer registers 180 . Place turkey on a platter, reserving pan drippings;
let stand 20 minutes. Discard skin.
To prepare gravy, place a zip-top plastic bag inside a 4-cup glass measure.
Pour pan drippings into bag; let stand 10 minutes (fat will rise to the top).
Seal bag; carefully snip off 1 bottom corner of bag. Drain drippings into
glass measure, stopping before fat layer reaches opening (you should have about
2/3 cup). Reserve 1 tablespoon fat; discard remaining fat. Add enough broth
to drippings to measure 3 cups; reserve remaining broth for another use.
Separate roasted garlic cloves; squeeze to extract garlic pulp. Discard
skins. Heat reserved fat in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic pulp
and flour; cook 30 seconds or until lightly browned, whisking constantly.
Gradually add broth mixture, stirring with a whisk until blended. Bring to a boil
over high heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat.

Yield: 15 servings (serving size: 6 ounces turkey and about 3 tablespoons g
ravy)

Calories 299(23% From Fat); Fat 7.5g (Sat 2.4g,Mono 1.8g,Poly 2.1g); Protein
50.6g; Cholesterol 148mg; Calcium 58mg; Sodium 232mg; Fiber 0.4g; Iron
3.8mg; Carbohydrate 3.9g
Cooking Light


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