Molasses-Glazed Turkey

Name: Molasses-Glazed Turkey
Prep time: 3 h 10 min
Cook time: 3 h 10 min
Total time: 3 h 10 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 Tbsps Dijon mustard; 177 milliliters good-quality molasses; 8 servings Salt and pepper; 6 kilograms turkey, ready to cook

Molasses-Glazed Turkey might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe covers 42% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This gluten free, dairy free, and primal recipe has 890 calories, 122g of protein, and 32g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 8. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 3 hours and 10 minutes. If you have dijon mustard, molasses, salt and pepper, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F. Position a rack in a large roasting pan.

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Roasting Pan

Oven

Rinse turkey inside and out; pat dry.

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Whole Turkey

Place turkey, breast side up, on rack in roasting pan. Season inside and out with salt and pepper. Tuck under skin at neck end, fold wings under and, using kitchen string, tie legs together.

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Salt And Pepper

Whole Turkey

Chicken Wings

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Kitchen Twine

Roasting Pan

Roast turkey for 2 1/4 hours. When pan juices begin forming (check after first hour) baste with juices every 30 minutes.

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Whole Turkey

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Frying Pan

Whisk together mustard and molasses.

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Molasses

Mustard

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Whisk

Remove turkey from oven and brush with molasses mixture. Return to oven and continue roasting about 45 minutes longer, basting every 10 to 15 minutes (tent bird lightly with foil if it begins to get too dark), or until a meat thermometer inserted in thickest part of thigh, away from bone, registers 165F.

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Molasses

Whole Turkey

Bone