Dry-Cured Rosemary Turkey

Name: Dry-Cured Rosemary Turkey
Prep time: 3 h 30 min
Cook time: 3 h 30 min
Total time: 3 h 30 min
Yield: 14
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons anise seeds; 1 Tbsp black peppercorns; 3 Tbsps dried marjoram; 3 Tbsps dried thyme; 12 cloves garlic, peeled; 14 servings Pan Gravy; 3 Tbsps dried juniper berries; 3 Tbsps sea salt or kosher salt; 12 fresh rosemary sprigs (3 in. each); 6 kilograms turkey; 113 grams 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature

Dry-Cured Rosemary Turkey is a gluten free main course. This recipe serves 14. One serving contains 533 calories, 70g of protein, and 25g of fat. This recipe covers 32% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have pan gravy, rosemary sprigs, marjoram, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the juniper berries you could follow this main course with the Gin and Tonic Tarts as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 3 hours and 30 minutes.

Instructions

Three days before serving, in a blender or spice grinder, finely grind salt, marjoram, thyme, juniper berries, peppercorns, and anise seeds.

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Juniper Berries

Anise

Peppercorns

Marjoram

Thyme

Salt

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Blender

Remove and discard leg truss from turkey. Pull off and discard any lumps of fat.

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Whole Turkey

Remove giblets and neck; save neck for gravy. Rinse turkey inside and out; pat dry.

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Whole Turkey

Gravy

Cut off wing tips to the first joint and reserve for gravy. Rub half the herb mixture all over turkey; sprinkle remaining in body cavity. Cover and chill for 3 days.

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Whole Turkey

Gravy

Dry Seasoning Rub

Preheat oven to 325 (convection not recommended). Put rosemary sprigs and garlic inside turkey body cavity. Gently push your hand between skin and turkey breast to separate skin from breast.

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Turkey Breast

Rosemary

Garlic

Whole Turkey

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Oven

Spread about half the butter over breast under skin. Melt remaining butter and brush lightly over top of turkey. Coat a V-shaped rack with cooking-oil spray and set in a 12- by 17-inch roasting pan.

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Butter

Spread

Whole Turkey

Cooking Oil

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Roasting Pan

Place turkey, breast down, on the rack. Roast turkey for 1 3/4 hours.

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Whole Turkey

Meanwhile, cook turkey wing tips and neck for pan gravy.

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Turkey Wings

Gravy

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Frying Pan

Remove turkey from oven and turn breast side up. Return to oven. Roast until a meat thermometer inserted straight down through thickest part of breast to the bone registers 160, 45 to 60 minutes longer.

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Whole Turkey

Bone

Meat