Apple Cider Turkey. Rinse turkey inside and out with cold water; pat dry with paper towels. Brining will help flavor your turkey and brining with apple cider is one of our favorite ways. It makes the most flavorful turkey that's reminiscent of fall.
Her simple recipe calls for heating a whole lot of water, apple cider, brown sugar, orange peels and few essential herbs and spices. Cider Marinated Turkey Make Thanksgiving dinner memorable by serving this golden-brown turkey from our Test Kitchen. Marinated in apple cider, kosher salt and spices, the turkey can be grilled or roasted. You can have Apple Cider Turkey using 23 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Apple Cider Turkey
- You need of 12-14 lb. turkey.
- Prepare of Brine.
- It's of apple cider.
- Prepare of kosher salt.
- Prepare of brown sugar.
- It's of garlic.
- You need of sliced fresh ginger.
- It's of oranges quartered.
- It's of whole cloves.
- Prepare of crushed red pepper flakes.
- It's of water.
- It's of Cavity Filler.
- You need of apple cut into 8 pieces.
- It's of lemon cut into 8 pieces.
- Prepare of fresh tarragon.
- You need of fresh rosemary.
- Prepare of fresh thyme.
- Prepare of fresh Italian flat leaf parsley.
- It's of Pan.
- Prepare of apples quartered.
- Prepare of stocks of celery.
- It's of large sweet onion.
- Prepare of hard apple cider.
In saucepan, combine apple cider, vinegar, Truvia sweetener, and mustard; bring to boil over medium-high heat. Delicious apple cider brining liquid for turkey. Brined turkeys tend to shorten your roasting time by about half an hour. Season and roast according to any of your favorite recipes.
Apple Cider Turkey step by step
- 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!!!.
Pat the turkey dry, rub with oil and season with ground pepper. In a small saucepan, combine apple cider, jelly and butter. Cook and stir until butter is melted. Remove from heat and set aside. In a small bowl, combine minced sage and butter.