Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe page. 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 tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Apple Cider Turkey is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Apple Cider Turkey is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have apple cider turkey using 23 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Apple Cider Turkey:
- Make ready 1 12-14 lb. turkey
- Get Brine
- Take 2 gallons apple cider
- Take 2 cups kosher salt
- Take 1 cup brown sugar
- Get 10 cloves garlic
- Prepare 1 handful sliced fresh ginger
- Get 4 oranges quartered
- Take 4 whole cloves
- Prepare 2 tbsp crushed red pepper flakes
- Get 1-2 gallons water
- Prepare Cavity Filler
- Prepare 1 apple cut into 8 pieces
- Make ready 1 lemon cut into 8 pieces
- Get 4 sprigs fresh tarragon
- Make ready 4 sprigs fresh rosemary
- Take 5 sprigs fresh thyme
- Get 5 sprigs fresh Italian flat leaf parsley
- Prepare Pan
- Get 4 apples quartered
- Get 4 stocks of celery
- Make ready 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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