Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, apple cider turkey. One of my favorites. 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 in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Apple Cider Turkey is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. 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:
- Prepare 1 12-14 lb. turkey
- Take Brine
- Prepare 2 gallons apple cider
- Get 2 cups kosher salt
- Take 1 cup brown sugar
- Prepare 10 cloves garlic
- Make ready 1 handful sliced fresh ginger
- Take 4 oranges quartered
- Make ready 4 whole cloves
- Get 2 tbsp crushed red pepper flakes
- Make ready 1-2 gallons water
- Get Cavity Filler
- Get 1 apple cut into 8 pieces
- Prepare 1 lemon cut into 8 pieces
- Get 4 sprigs fresh tarragon
- Get 4 sprigs fresh rosemary
- Make ready 5 sprigs fresh thyme
- Get 5 sprigs fresh Italian flat leaf parsley
- Prepare Pan
- Make ready 4 apples quartered
- Make ready 4 stocks of celery
- Take 1/4 large sweet onion
- Get 12 oz hard apple cider
Steps 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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