Lightened Apple-Rosemary Roasted Turkey

Name: Lightened Apple-Rosemary Roasted Turkey
Prep time: 5 h 25 min
Cook time: 5 h 25 min
Total time: 5 h 25 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 12 servings Apple-Bourbon Marinade, divided; 59 milliliters all-purpose flour; 2 Granny Smith apples, quartered; 1 onion, quartered and divided; 2 teaspoons pepper, divided; 8 fresh rosemary sprigs; 2 fresh sage sprigs; 1 teaspoon salt; 5 kilograms whole fresh or frozen, thawed turkey

Lightened Apple-Rosemary Roasted Turkey

Lightened Apple-Rosemary Roasted Turkey is a dairy free recipe with 12 servings. One portion of this dish contains roughly 70g of protein, 18g of fat, and a total of 516 calories. This recipe covers 31% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up onion, flour, salt, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the pepper you could follow this main course with the Easy Peppermint Dessert as a dessert. It works best as a main course, and is done in about 5 hours and 25 minutes. It is perfect for Thanksgiving.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 42

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Oven

Remove giblets and neck from turkey, reserving neck. Rinse turkey with cold water; pat dry.

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Whole Turkey

Water

Sprinkle outside of turkey and cavity with salt and 1 tsp. pepper; stuff cavity with apples, half of onion, and 6 rosemary sprigs. Loosen skin from turkey breast without totally detaching skin; carefully place sage and remaining 2 rosemary sprigs under skin. Replace skin.

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Turkey Breast

Rosemary

Apple

Pepper

Whole Turkey

Onion

Sage

Salt

Place turkey, breast side up, on a rack in a roasting pan.

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Whole Turkey

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Roasting Pan

Inject 1 1/2 cups Apple-Bourbon Marinade into turkey breast, thighs, and drumsticks.

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Turkey Breast

Chicken Drumsticks

Marinade

Bourbon

Apple

Bake at 425 for 20 minutes; reduce oven temperature to 350, and bake 4 hours or until a meat thermometer inserted into thickest portion of thigh registers 180, shielding with aluminum foil to prevent excessive browning, if necessary.

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Meat

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Kitchen Thermometer

Aluminum Foil

Oven

Remove turkey from pan, reserving 1/2 cup drippings.

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Whole Turkey

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Frying Pan

Let turkey cool 30 minutes.

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Whole Turkey

Remove onion, apple, and rosemary from cavity, and discard.

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Rosemary

Apple

Onion

Bring reserved turkey neck, 2 cups water, and remaining Apple-Bourbon Marinade and onion half to a boil in a saucepan; boil 15 minutes.

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Turkey Necks

Marinade

Bourbon

Apple

Onion

Water

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Sauce Pan

Pour through a wire-mesh strainer into a measuring cup, discarding solids.

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Sieve

Heat reserved 1/2 cup drippings in a heavy saucepan over medium heat; whisk in flour until smooth. Cook, whisking constantly, 1 minute. Gradually add apple-bourbon mixture, whisking constantly. Cook, whisking constantly, 10 minutes or until thickened. Stir in remaining 1/2 tsp. pepper.

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Bourbon

Pepper

Apple

All Purpose Flour