An experienced and highly skilled team of food writers, stylists and digital content producers, the Good Housekeeping Cookery Team is a close-knit squad of food obsessives. Cookery Editor Emma Franklin is our resident chilli obsessive and barbecue expert, who spends an inordinate amount of time on holidays poking round the local supermarkets seeking out new and exciting foods. Senior Cookery Writer Alice Shields is a former pastry chef and baking fanatic who loves making bread and would have peanut butter with everything if she could. Her favourite carb is pasta, and our vibrant green spaghetti is her weeknight go-to. Lover of all things savoury, Senior Cookery Writer Grace Evans can be found eating crispy corn and nocellara olives at every opportunity, and will take the cheeseboard over dessert any time (though she cannot resist a slice of tres leches cake). With a wealth of professional kitchen know-how, culinary training and years of experience between them, they are all dedicated to ensuring every Good Housekeeping recipe is the best it can be, so you can trust they’ll work (and if they don’t – we’ll have the answer for why*) every time (*90% of the time the answer is: “buy an separate oven thermometer”!).
Lemon turkey gravy
Because your Christmas turkey deserves the very best gravy.

A roast isn't a roast without lashings of gravy, and this turkey gravy recipe is one of our all-time favourites. The juices released when cooking this lemon and herb roasted turkey are subtly infused with citrus, which brings brightness and balance to the richer, meatier flavours. A match made in heaven, if you ask us.
Find more of our most popular Christmas turkey recipes here.
Ingredients
Juice from a roast turkey
- 4 Tbsp.
plain flour
- 150 ml
white wine
- 1 l
turkey or chicken stock (see home-made stock recipe)
salt and ground black pepper
Directions
- Step 1
Strain the juices from the turkey and skim off the fat, reserving 45ml (3tbsp). Place the reserved fat in the roasting tin and stir in flour to make a smooth paste. Return to a moderate heat and cook, stirring, until the flour turns russet brown.
- Step 2
Off the heat, add wine, stir until smooth, then stir in the turkey juices and turkey or chicken stock. Bring to the boil and bubble for 5–10min or until reduced by half and thickened (skim off fat). Season, strain and serve.
- Step 1


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