Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, apple cider turkey. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Apple Cider Turkey is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Apple Cider Turkey is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have apple cider turkey using 23 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Apple Cider Turkey:
- Get 1 12-14 lb. turkey
- Prepare Brine
- Get 2 gallons apple cider
- Make ready 2 cups kosher salt
- Take 1 cup brown sugar
- Get 10 cloves garlic
- Get 1 handful sliced fresh ginger
- Take 4 oranges quartered
- Prepare 4 whole cloves
- Get 2 tbsp crushed red pepper flakes
- Prepare 1-2 gallons water
- Get Cavity Filler
- Make ready 1 apple cut into 8 pieces
- Prepare 1 lemon cut into 8 pieces
- Make ready 4 sprigs fresh tarragon
- Prepare 4 sprigs fresh rosemary
- Prepare 5 sprigs fresh thyme
- Take 5 sprigs fresh Italian flat leaf parsley
- Get Pan
- Make ready 4 apples quartered
- Prepare 4 stocks of celery
- Prepare 1/4 large sweet onion
- Get 12 oz hard apple cider
Instructions to make Apple Cider Turkey:
- Put 1/2 gallon of apple cider, salt and sugar into a large pan. Heat and stir until the sugar and salt are dissolved. Now mix all brine ingredients into a food safe bucket. Submerge the turkey completely and let brine for a minimum of 8 hours, 12 to 24 is best.
- Once brined pat dry and let rest while preparing the pan for roasting. The skin has started to take on a little color from the brine.
- Preheat oven to 350°
- If using a disposable foil roasting pan place it onto a baking sheet for additional support. Spread out the ingredients for the pan in an even layer.
- Stuff and truss the turkey. Trussing not just helps the turkey cook evenly but also simply helps keep the cavity ingredients inside. Get the turkey into the pan and pour in the hard apple cider. All the pan ingredients add great flavor and create an amazing base for gravy.
- Roast for an hour and a half breast side down. This helps keep the breast meat moist.
- Now flip over and cook until the breast meat is 165°. Baste with the pan juices every half hour or so. This is my new favorite turkey, I will be making this a few times a year at least!!!
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