Awesome Turkey Giblet Stock

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 1 neck, giblets, and liver from a turkey
• 6 cups water
• 1 stalk celery, sliced
• 1 carrot, sliced
• 1 onion, quartered
• 2 tangerines, zested
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 teaspoon whole black peppercorns

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ready Time: 1 hr 45 mins


• in a large saucepan, combine the neck and giblets (excluding the liver), 6 cups water, celery, carrot, onion, tangerine zest, bay leaf, and peppercorns. bring mixture to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer, skimming the froth occasionally, for 1 hour. add liver and continue to cook at a bare simmer for an additional 30 minutes.
• strain the stock through a fine sieve into a bowl. reserve the liver for awesome sausage, apple and dried cranberry stuffing (see cook's note). reserve the neck and remaining giblets for the gravy. there should be about 3 cups of stock. if there is more, simmer the stock until it is reduced to about 3 cups; if there is less, add enough water to measure about 3 cups.