Alton's Roast Turkey

Name: Alton's Roast Turkey
Prep time: 12 h
Cook time: 12 h
Total time: 12 h
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons allspice berries; 1 Tbsp black peppercorns; 2 teaspoons chopped candied ginger; 237 milliliters kosher salt; 118 milliliters light brown sugar; 6 kilograms frozen young turkey; 1 gallon vegetable stock; 1 gallon heavily iced water

Alton's Roast Turkey might be a good recipe to expand your main course recipe box. This recipe covers 33% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 587 calories, 81g of protein, and 21g of fat. This recipe serves 12. It will be a hit at your Thanksgiving event. If you have vegetable stock, kosher salt, candied ginger, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the water you could follow this main course with the Watermelon-Peach Slushies as a dessert. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and fodmap friendly diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 12 hours.

Instructions

Begin thawing the turkey in the refrigerator or in a cooler kept at 38 degrees F.

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Cooler

Whole Turkey

Combine the vegetable stock, salt, brown sugar, peppercorns, allspice berries, and candied ginger in a large stockpot over medium-high heat. Stir occasionally to dissolve solids and bring to a boil. Then remove the brine from the heat, cool to room temperature, and refrigerate.

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Allspice Berries

Vegetable Stock

Candied Ginger

Brown Sugar

Peppercorns

Brine

Salt

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Pot

Combine the brine, water and ice in the 5-gallon bucket.

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Brine

Water

Ice

Place the thawed turkey (with innards removed) breast side down in brine. If necessary, weigh down the bird to ensure it is fully immersed, cover, and refrigerate or set in cool area for 8 to 16 hours, turning the bird once half way through brining.

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Whole Turkey

Brine

Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F.

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Oven

Remove the bird from brine and rinse inside and out with cold water. Discard the brine.

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Brine

Water

Place the bird on roasting rack inside a half sheet pan and pat dry with paper towels.

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Paper Towels

Frying Pan

Combine the apple, onion, cinnamon stick, and 1 cup of water in a microwave safe dish and microwave on high for 5 minutes.

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Cinnamon Stick

Apple

Onion

Water

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Microwave

Add steeped aromatics to the turkey's cavity along with the rosemary and sage. Tuck the wings underneath the bird and coat the skin liberally with canola oil.

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Canola Oil

Rosemary

Whole Turkey

Chicken Wings

Sage

Roast the turkey on lowest level of the oven at 500 degrees F for 30 minutes. Insert a probe thermometer into thickest part of the breast and reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F. Set the thermometer alarm (if available) to 151 degrees F. A 14 to 16 pound bird should require a total of 2 to 2 1/2 hours of roasting.

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Whole Turkey

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Kitchen Thermometer