Honey Spice Roast Turkey with Apple Pecan Stuffing

Name: Honey Spice Roast Turkey with Apple Pecan Stuffing
Prep time: 4 h 50 min
Cook time: 4 h 50 min
Total time: 4 h 50 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters medium apple, chopped; 473 milliliters apple juice; 59 milliliters butter or margarine; 2 Tbsps butter or margarine, melted; 2 teaspoons chili powder; 1 teaspoons ground allspice; 1 teaspoons ground cumin; 59 milliliters honey; 118 milliliters pecan pieces; 946 milliliters herb-seasoned stuffing mix (from 14- to 16-oz package); 5 kilograms 12- to 15-lb turkey, thawed if frozen

Honey Spice Roast Turkey with Apple Pecan Stuffing might be just the main course you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains approximately 77g of protein, 29g of fat, and a total of 802 calories. This recipe serves 12. This recipe covers 36% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 4 hours and 50 minutes. Head to the store and pick up turkey, chili powder, butter, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the honey you could follow this main course with the Honey Gingerbread as a dessert. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Thanksgiving.

Instructions

Heat oven to 325F. Starting at back opening of turkey, gently separate skin from turkey breast, using fingers. In small bowl, stir together honey, 2 tablespoons melted butter, the chili powder, allspice and cumin; brush half of mixture over turkey breast under skin (reserve remaining honey mixture).

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Turkey Breast

Chili Powder

Allspice

Butter

Whole Turkey

Cumin

Honey

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Bowl

Oven

In 4-quart Dutch oven, melt 1/4 cup butter over medium-high heat. Cook pecans in butter 1 to 2 minutes, stirring occasionally, until lightly toasted. Lightly stir in apple, stuffing mix and apple juice until moistened.

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Stuffing Mix

Apple Juice

Butter

Pecans

Apple

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Dutch Oven

Stuff turkey just before baking. Fill wishbone area with stuffing first. Fasten neck skin to back with skewer. Fold wings across back with tips touching. Fill body cavity lightly with remaining stuffing. (Do not pack--stuffing will expand while cooking.) Tuck drumsticks under band of skin at tail, or tie together with heavy string, then tie to tail.

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Chicken Drumsticks

Stuffing

Whole Turkey

Chicken Wings

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Skewers

Place turkey, breast side up, on rack in shallow roasting pan. Insert meat thermometer so tip is in thickest part of inside thigh muscle and does not touch bone. Do not add water.

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Whole Turkey

Water

Bone

Meat

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Kitchen Thermometer

Roasting Pan

Cover with foil and bake 3 to 4 hours, uncovering and brushing with remaining honey mixture for last 30 minutes of baking, until thermometer reads 180F and juice is no longer pink when center of thigh is cut. Drumsticks should move easily when lifted or twisted.

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Chicken Drumsticks

Honey

Juice

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Kitchen Thermometer

Oven

Aluminum Foil