Christmas Maple Gravy

Christmas / Sides

Gravy USE FOR BOOK
Featuring Pure Maple Syrup
6-8 portions

Ingredients

  • 2 turkey legs

  • 2 carrots, roughly chopped

  • 1 onion, roughly chopped

  • 2 sticks of celery, roughly chopped

  • 2 bay leaves

  • 4 cloves of garlic, skin on

  • 200ml maple syrup (preferably dark syrup for its robust taste)

  • A few sprigs of fresh thyme and rosemary

  • 2 litres boiling water, plus 4 tbsp tap water

  • 2 tbsp cornflour

Method

  1. Pre-heat oven to 220 degrees C. Place turkey legs, carrots, onion, celery, bay leaves, garlic, thyme and rosemary in a roasting pan, coat in oil, salt and pepper and put in oven for 20 minutes.

  2. Add the maple syrup and stir, turn the turkey legs and give everything a shake. Roast for another 30 minutes or until the legs are golden brown.

  3. Remove the pan from the oven and add two litres of boiling water to unstick anything from the bottom. Pass everything through a sieve into a saucepan and bring to the boil.

  4. In a cup, mix cornflour and the tablespoons of water until it forms a paste. Add to the saucepan of stock and stir continuously until the sauce thickens and becomes gravy.

No Christmas dinner is complete without a gorgeously smooth maple gravy to douse the food lovingly prepared on the day. This Christmas gravy recipe is so good that we use it all year round!

Find more Christmas recipes in our free ‘A Very Maple Christmas’ cookbook here.

The Quebec Maple Syrup Producers are not in any way responsible for the identification or presence of allergens in recipes or for the classification of any recipe as vegetarian or vegan.

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The colour and flavour of maple syrup changes in subtle ways during the seasonal harvest

At the start of the sugaring season, the syrup is generally clear, with a light, sweet taste. It becomes darker with a caramelised flavour as the season progresses throughout the spring.

An unopened can of maple syrup keeps for many years

Once the can is opened, syrup should be kept in an airtight container in a cool place.

Maple spread doesn't contain any butter or dairy products

Like all 100% pure maple products, maple spread comes from the sap of the maple tree — that’s all.

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