Roast Turkey With Mushrooms, Chestnuts and Gravy

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The slow-roasted turkey looks beauteous erstwhile delivered to the table, with herbs conscionable nether the skin. No 1 volition miss a accepted bready stuffing erstwhile presented with this rich-tasting mushroom-and-chestnut broadside dish. The mushrooms and chestnuts are cooked separately but tin beryllium combined successful the turkey cavity conscionable earlier serving.

The look calls for caller chestnuts, but peeled chestnuts are disposable astatine respective nutrient stores.

The chestnuts tin beryllium peeled past refrigerated successful an airtight instrumentality for up to 3 days. The mushrooms tin beryllium prepared 2 days successful beforehand and reheated connected the stovetop oregon successful the microwave.

From cook Virginia Willis.

Ingredients

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Servings: 12

For the turkey and chestnuts

8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted, positive much for the pan
1 12- to 14-pound turkey, cervix and giblets removed from the cavity
6 caller bay leaves
7 1- to 2-inch rosemary sprigs
1 stalk celery, chopped successful half
1 mean onion, chopped successful half
Coarse salt
Freshly crushed achromatic pepper
2 pounds caller chestnuts, peeled (see NOTE)

For the mushrooms

1 tablespoonful canola oil
1 mean shallot, minced (1 to 2 teaspoons)
2 pounds mushrooms, specified arsenic chanterelles, creminis, shiitakes oregon morels; cleaned and chopped into halves oregon quarters
Coarse salt
Freshly crushed achromatic pepper
2 tablespoons finely chopped flat-leaf parsley

For the gravy

2 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 tablespoons flour
4 cups homemade turkey banal oregon store-bought low-sodium chickenhearted broth, to supplement the defatted turkey drippings
Coarse salt
Freshly crushed achromatic pepper

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (using low-sodium chickenhearted broth)

Calories
708
Fat
33 g
Saturated Fat
13 g
Carbohydrates
37 g
Sodium
387 mg
Cholesterol
243 mg
Protein
62 g
Fiber
1 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.

From cook Virginia Willis.

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published March 12, 2026