Brined Roast Turkey Recipe
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Ingredients: 1 14- 15 lb turkey
Sea Salt
1 teaspoon dried thyme
2 carrots, chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
2 yellow onions, chopped
2 cups Swanson chicken broth
1/2 cup Chardonnay
1/2 stick butter, melted
Black Pepper
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Directions:Brining Process (overnight)
In a large pot add one gallon of warm water and ½ of sea salt to make a salt water solution. Place the turkey in the water, add more water if the bird is not completely submerged.
Cooking Day
Remove turkey from salt water solution, rinse well and pat dry.
Preheat oven to 350°F.
In a small bowl, mix carrots, thyme, onions and celery. Stuff the vegetables inside the turkey cavity. Any remaining vegetables should be scattered around the bottom of the roasting pan.
Pour chicken broth and Chardonnay over the vegetables in the pan.
Place a rack (flat or V) over the vegetables in the pan and place the turkey on top of it, breast side down. Brush half of the melted butter over the entire turkey then season with pepper. Set the remaining butter aside.
Roast turkey for two hours, breast side down, basting once. Remove from oven and turn turkey breast side up, being careful not to pierce the skin. Brush turkey with the remaining butter and season again with pepper.
Return turkey to oven and continue roasting for another 2 hours or until a thermometer inserted in the thickest part of the thigh reads 165°.
Set turkey aside to cool 30 minutes. Carve and serve sprinkled with pan droppings. |
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Notes: While it is true that wild turkeys were found in America, it was the Aztecs who first domesticated the bird. Long before America was settled, the Aztec had domesticated turkeys for food and for religious sacrifices. They even used their feathers for headdresses, When the Conquistadors encountered the Aztec empire, they took turkeys back to Spain, where the bird was widely accepted.
The turkeys eventually made their way to England where, by the 1570s, they were raised throughout the country, and were already part of the Christmas dinner fifty years before the Pilgrims left for the America.
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