Basic Turkey Stock

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Ingredients

  • 4 quarts water
  • 2 heads fresh garlic, cut in half
  • 2 medium-size onions, chopped
  • 2 stalks celery, chopped
  • 2 carrots, chopped
  • Mushroom trimmings
  • Fresh thyme and parsley
  • P.S. Flavor!? Creole Kitchen, or kosher salt and ground black pepper, to taste
  • Roasted necks and wing parts from turkey
  • Pan drippings
  • Other available vegetable trimmings

Directions

  1. Put water in a stock pot and place on stove at medium heat.
  2. Add all ingredients and any pan drippings.
  3. Simmer on low-medium heat while doing your holiday prep, adding any vegetable trimmings as you go. Skim the fat that rises to top as you go.
  4. Simmer stock down to 2½ quarts.
  5. You’ll use some stock for the stuffing and 2 quarts for the gravy.

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