Roast Vermont Turkey with Giblet Gravy and Sausage and Sage Dressing, for Thanksgiving

Course Main Dishes

Ingredients in this Recipe

1 carrot
1 hard boiled egg, finely diced
1 large leek, white part only, cut in 1/4 inch dice
1 lemon
1 teaspoon water
1 Vermont or other fresh turkey, about 10 pounds, fattened on corn and walnuts, killed 3 days earlier
1/2 apple
1/2 medium onion
1/4 cup all purpose flour
1/4 cup vegetable oil
10 black peppercorns
10 sprigs fresh thyme
10 sprigs Italian parsley
2 branches fresh sage
2 stalks celery
3 cups turkey stock
4 branches fresh rosemary
6 tablespoons unsalted butter
Country Sausage and Sage Dressing
giblets from turkey, finely diced
kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
salt and freshly ground pepper

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