easy turkey stock

Total Time: 12 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 12 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 turkey carcass, including skin
• 2 large yellow onions, with onion skin
• 1 head garlic, cut in half across the head
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tablespoon chicken base
• 1 celery heart (the center of a bunch, with lots of green leaves)
• 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt, to taste
• 1 lb sauteed turkey gizzard (optional)
• cold water

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 break up the carcass and place it in a large stock pot with all ingredients.
• 3 cover with cold water.
• 4 put pot in oven,turn the temperature down to 200.
• 5 leave in oven at least 8 hours, the longer the better, up to 24 hours.
• 6 remove from oven.
• 7 strain through colandar removing all ingredients leaving stock.
• 8 (i save the gizzards to put in turkey stuffing and gravy) use stock for making gravy, as liquid in stuffing or making delicious turkey pine nut soup.