Maple-Glazed Roast Turkey With Riesling Gravy

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Covering a turkey with a glaze of maple syrup and food successful the last 30 minutes of roasting results successful a beautifully burnished, somewhat saccharine bird. (Don't enactment the glaze connected astatine the beginning; it whitethorn scorch.) It besides provides maple-tinged drippings successful the cookware for your gravy. Be prepared to sensation a gravy dissimilar immoderate you've apt prepared before, somewhat saccharine and caramelized and made each the much saccharine with the summation of Riesling.

In Advance: The banal whitethorn beryllium made weeks successful beforehand and frozen. Soften the food to country temperature. Make the maple syrup glaze 1 hr successful advance.

Place the earthy turkey breast-side down successful the refrigerator truthful the juices travel to the achromatic meat; the resulting roast turkey bosom volition beryllium somewhat moister than usual. To region the chill, region the turkey from the refrigerator astir 30 minutes earlier roasting.

Adapted from a look successful the November 1998 contented of Martha Stewart Living.

Ingredients

For the turkey

  • 12 pounds to 14 pounds caller turkey, cervix and giblets removed
  • Salt

For the turkey

  • 9 tablespoons unsalted butter, astatine country temperature
  • 1/4 cupful maple syrup

For the gravy

  • 1 tablespoonful unsalted butter, astatine country temperature
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • Defatted juices (from the drippings successful the roasting pan)
  • 1 cupful semi-sweet riesling (or different semi-sweet wine)
  • 2 cups Rich Turkey Stock

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (including nutrient and tegument and gravy)

  • Calories

    732

  • Fat

    27 g

  • Saturated Fat

    10 g

  • Carbohydrates

    5 g

  • Sodium

    316 mg

  • Cholesterol

    357 mg

  • Protein

    107 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from a look successful the November 1998 contented of Martha Stewart Living.

Tested by Jeanne McManus.

Published March 11, 2026

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