Perfect Roast Turkey and Gravy (Bill Yosses)

Turkey Brine - 2 Days Before Roasting

• 1 whole turkey (15-18 lb), thawed if frozen
• 40 oz water plus extra to cover turkey (based on size of bird)
• 12 oz kosher salt (no iodine)
• 10 oz jaggery sugar
  ou 10 oz light brown sugar
• 4 oz honey
  ou 4 oz agave syrup
• 4 oz maple syrup
• 3 oz allspice berries
• 2 oz whole yellow mustard seeds
• 2 oz whole black peppercorns (not ground)
• 16 whole cloves
• 8 whole star anise
• 8 fresh bay leaves
  ou 8 dried bay leaves
• 15 green cardamom pods
• 10 oz onions quartered
• 6 in. fresh ginger peeled, cut into pieces (1 in.)
• 3 cinnamon sticks (3-4 in. ea.)
• 2 oranges sliced in rounds

Roast Turkey

• 12 oz unsalted butter room temperature, divided
• 28 oz white wine
• 1 tsp salt divided
• 1 tsp ground black pepper divided
• 6 oz carrots cut into pieces (2 in.)
• 10 oz yellow onions cut into eighths
• 10 oz celery cut into pieces (1 in.)

Gravy

• 4 oz all-purpose flour
• salt to season, to taste
• ground black pepper to season, to taste
• fresh sage leaves to garnish
• 6 - 8 sprigs fresh thyme to garnish
• pomegranates halved, to garnish
• persimmons to garnish