Roast Turkey with Pomegranate Gravy Recipe | Epicurious

Name: Roast Turkey with Pomegranate Gravy Recipe | Epicurious
Ingredients: 1 (14- to 16-lb) turkey, any feathers and quills removed with tweezers or needlenose pliers, and neck and giblets (excluding liver) reserved for making stock; 1 1/4 sticks unsalted butter, 5 tablespoons softened and 5 tablespoons melted; 1 tablespoon salt; 1 1/2 teaspoons black pepper; 1 onion, quartered; 4 large fresh thyme sprigs; 1/2 cup sugar; 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon fresh pomegranate juice (see cooks' note, below); Pan juices (and roasting pan) from turkey; About 3 cups hot turkey giblet stock; 1 cup water; 6 1/2 tablespoons all-purpose flour; Garnish: quartered pomegranates; a small metal skewer; kitchen string; a flat rack or V-rack; an instant-read thermometer

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Pomegranates are plentiful this time of year, and easy to juice; we found bottled pomegranate juice too sweet for this particular recipe.

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gravy
american
turkey
pomegranate
main
nut free
roast
thanksgiving
fall
winter
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Ingredients

1 (14- to 16-lb) turkey, any feathers and quills removed with tweezers or needlenose pliers, and neck and giblets (excluding liver) reserved for making stock
1 1/4 sticks unsalted butter, 5 tablespoons softened and 5 tablespoons melted
1 tablespoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons black pepper
1 onion, quartered
4 large fresh thyme sprigs
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon fresh pomegranate juice (see cooks' note, below)
Pan juices (and roasting pan) from turkey
About 3 cups hot turkey giblet stock
1 cup water
6 1/2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
Garnish: quartered pomegranates
a small metal skewer; kitchen string; a flat rack or V-rack; an instant-read thermometer