Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, apple cider turkey. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Apple Cider Turkey is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Apple Cider Turkey is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook apple cider turkey using 23 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Apple Cider Turkey:
Make ready 1 12-14 lb. turkey
Get Brine
Make ready 2 gallons apple cider
Get 2 cups kosher salt
Make ready 1 cup brown sugar
Make ready 10 cloves garlic
Get 1 handful sliced fresh ginger
Get 4 oranges quartered
Get 4 whole cloves
Take 2 tbsp crushed red pepper flakes
Prepare 1-2 gallons water
Prepare Cavity Filler
Prepare 1 apple cut into 8 pieces
Prepare 1 lemon cut into 8 pieces
Get 4 sprigs fresh tarragon
Make ready 4 sprigs fresh rosemary
Prepare 5 sprigs fresh thyme
Make ready 5 sprigs fresh Italian flat leaf parsley
Make ready Pan
Get 4 apples quartered
Make ready 4 stocks of celery
Get 1/4 large sweet onion
Prepare 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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