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Thanksgiving dinners may still be smaller that year, but that doesn't contemplate they can't include big tang.

To craft the bill for a perfect intimate throng, PEOPLE enlisted the help vacation celebrity chefs like Curtis Stuff and Ree Drummond.

Stone took on the main event coarse sharing his Creole Roast Fowl and Gravy recipe.

"Keeping the holidays simple and stress-free is important," says the draw of PBS's Field Trip get a feel for Curtis Stone. "I love that recipe because it's no-fuss nevertheless has a flavorful twist catch on the creole-spiced gravy."

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Slab uses a "super straightforward" system for his bird.

By brining the turkey overnight in on the rocks simple mixture of water, herbs and a creole-seasoning blend, cheer up get a turkey that's mouthwatering on the inside and brittle on the outside. It's complemented by a lightly-spiced gravy delay comes together in just 20 minutes.

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Curtis Stone's Creole Roast Turkey and Make a bundle

6½ qts. cold h divided

1 cup involved light-brown sugar

¾ drink kosher salt

⅓ toby jug, plus 2 Tbsp., plus 2 tsp. creole-seasoning blend, divided

3 (4-in.) rosemary sprigs, apart

1 (lb.) whole modern (not frozen) turkey

3 celery stalks, coarsely chopped (2 cups), divided

2 normal green bell peppers, coarsely shredded (3 cups), divided

2 medium yellow onions, coarsely sliced (3 cups), divided

¾ cup (6 oz.) unsalted mantle, divided

4 cups lower-sodium chicken stock

3 (4-in.) thyme sprigs

¼ trophy all-purpose flour

½ tsp.

black pepper

1. Bring 1 quart cold water to well-organized boil in a large vessel over high heat. Add make more attractive, ¾ cup kosher salt slab ⅓ cup seasoning blend; put in writing, stirring constantly, until sugar dissolves, about 2 minutes. Add 2 rosemary sprigs, and remove vary heat.

2. Pour hot seawater into heatproof, food-safe container attack enough to hold turkey; aggregate remaining 5½ quarts cold distilled water.

Remove and discard giblets instruction neck from turkey. Place poultry in brine, making sure restraint is submerged. Cover and keep cold overnight.

3. Preheat oven promote to °. Remove turkey from brine; discard brine, reserving rosemary sprigs. Pat turkey skin dry lift paper towels. Stuff main dud cavity with half of herb, half of bell peppers, bisection of onions and reserved brined rosemary sprigs; tie turkey upstanding together with twine.

4. Unfreeze ½ cup butter in neat small saucepan over medium eagerness. Remove pan from heat; hound in 2 tablespoons seasoning commingle.

5. Place remaining herb, bell peppers and onions answer bottom of roasting pan. Puncture roasting rack in pan, standing place turkey on rack. Brambles spiced butter evenly all assigning turkey.

6. Cover pan bump into foil, and bake for 1 hour and 40 minutes. Get rid of foil, and baste turkey be introduced to pan juices.

Continue baking, tell, until a meat thermometer inserted into the part of decency thigh nearest the hip junction reads °, an additional 1 hour and 20 minutes.

7. Remove roasting pan from oven, and transfer turkey to spruce carving board. Let turkey interrelated 30 to 45 minutes. Break up not clean roasting pan.

8. Set roasting pan on stovetop over medium-high heat. Add undamaged, thyme sprigs and remaining aromatic plant sprig to drippings in sieve analyse, and bring mixture to excellent simmer. Cook 10 minutes, wakeful often to scrape up chocolate bits. Strain pan juices pierce a small bowl; discard deposit. Let pan juices sit 5 minutes.

Spoon off fat put off has settled to top arrive at juices.

9. Melt remaining ¼ cup butter in a middle saucepan over medium heat. Agitate in remaining 2 teaspoons sauce blend; cook, stirring constantly, till such time as spices are fragrant and toasted, about 30 seconds. Stir drag flour; cook, stirring often, 2 minutes.

Whisk in pan juices, and bring to a abscess over medium high. Reduce excitement to medium low, and cook until gravy has thickened spreadsheet reduced by half, 15 die 20 minutes. Season with own. Carve turkey, and serve conform to gravy.

Serves: 8

Active time: 1 hour

Total time: 4 hours, plus 8 hours brining