Twelfth Night Turkey With Wild Rice Stuffing And Ale Reduction

Ingredients

Stuffing:

  • 2 cups chicken stock (*alternatively you can make your own stock from the unused turkey parts)
  • 1 cup wild rice
  • 4 tablespoons butter (1 tablespoon for rice and 3 tablespoons for sauteing)
  • 1 pound sausage, casing removed
  • 2 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and small diced
  • 1 large white onion, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil, if needed (approximately as needed to keep the pan oiled)
  • 1/4 pound liver, blood vessels removed (we used rabbit liver for the episode, but you can use turkey and/or chicken livers)
  • 3 stalks celery, roughly chopped
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme leaves (from about 5 or 6 large sprigs)
  • 6 fresh sage leaves, minced
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh marjoram leaves (from about 5 or 6 large sprigs)
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley leaves
  • Salt and pepper
  • 3 eggs, beaten

Turkey and rub:

  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 5 or 6 large sprigs fresh marjoram, leaves stripped from the stems
  • 1 tablespoon anise seed
  • 6 to 8 sprigs fresh parsley leaves cut off (and stems reserved for the gravy - below)
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 (12 to 15-pound) turkey, breast and legs cut away from bones and tendons removed and soaked in cold water with kosher salt (buy the turkey breast and legs pre-boned or ask your butcher to do it)

Ale reduction gravy:

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 large cloves garlic, lightly crushed with the side of a knife blade, then minced
  • 1 shallot, minced
  • 3 or 4 sage leaves, minced
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 (12-ounce) bottles ale (such as Samuel Adams Boston Lager)
  • 1 pint chicken stock (or turkey stock you have made)
  • 1/2 cup butter (1 stick or 8 tablespoons)
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • Special equipment: Kitchen twine

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