Traditional Roast Turkey

Name: Traditional Roast Turkey
Prep time: 3 h 15 min
Cook time: 3 h 15 min
Total time: 3 h 15 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons allspice berries; 1 Tbsp whole black peppercorns; 2 Tbsps candied ginger, chopped; 12 servings Canola oil, for roasting; 12 servings Ice; 237 milliliters kosher salt; 118 milliliters packed brown sugar, light or dark; 6 kilograms frozen natural, young turkey; 1 gallon vegetable broth, homemade or canned; 1 gallon water, iced

Traditional Roast Turkey requires around 3 hours and 15 minutes from start to finish. This main course has 1993 calories, 31g of protein, and 81g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 12. If you have allspice berries, peppercorns, candied ginger, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the light brown sugar you could follow this main course with the Apricot tart with brown sugar & cinnamon pas

Instructions

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Two to three days before roasting: 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 broth, salt, sugar, peppercorns, allspice and ginger in a large stockpot and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Stir until the salt and sugar dissolve.

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Peppercorns

Allspice

Ginger

Broth

Sugar

Salt

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Pot

Remove from the heat. Cool to room temperature and refrigerate the brine.

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Brine

The night before you'd like to eat: Truss the legs of the turkey with kitchen twine if desired.

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Whole Turkey

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Kitchen Twine

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

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Brine

Water

Ice

Place the thawed turkey, with innards removed, breast-side down in the brine. If necessary, weigh down the bird to ensure it is fully immersed, cover and refrigerate or place everything in a cooler. Turn the bird once halfway through brining.

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Brine

Whole Turkey

Heat the oven to 500 degrees F.

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

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Brine

Water

Place the bird on a roasting rack inside a half sheet pan and pat dry with paper towels. Rub the bird with canola oil. Roast the bird on the lowest rack of the oven for 30 minutes.

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Canola Oil

Dry Seasoning Rub

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Frying Pan

While the bird is cooking, fold and shape a double thickness of aluminum foil into a closely fitting breastplate.

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After 30 minutes, decrease the oven temperature to 350 degrees F, insert a probe thermometer into the thickest part of the breast and cook until the temperature reaches 155 degrees F. Use the breastplate at any point during cooking should the bird become too brown.

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