Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, apple cider turkey. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

An overnight soak in apple cider brine plus a rub of gently seasoned olive oil yields a roasted turkey with browned skin and flavorful, juicy meat. Brush the turkey breast with spiced apple cider glaze. Try this elegant brined turkey recipe for your next Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner.

Apple Cider Turkey is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Apple Cider Turkey is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have apple cider turkey using 23 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Apple Cider Turkey:

1. Make ready 12-14 lb. turkey
2. Make ready Brine
3. Make ready apple cider
4. Prepare kosher salt
5. Prepare brown sugar
6. Get garlic
7. Prepare sliced fresh ginger
8. Prepare oranges quartered
9. Make ready whole cloves
10. Get crushed red pepper flakes
11. Get water
12. Make ready Cavity Filler
13. Make ready apple cut into 8 pieces
14. Make ready lemon cut into 8 pieces
15. Prepare fresh tarragon
16. Get fresh rosemary
17. Take fresh thyme
18. Make ready fresh Italian flat leaf parsley
19. Take Pan
20. Make ready apples quartered
21. Make ready stocks of celery
22. Take large sweet onion
23. Get hard apple cider

It's incredibly moist and flavorful, and it received our highest Test Kitchens rating. Brining is an overnight process, so if you're using a frozen turkey, be sure to thaw it well in advance. Choose turkey-sized plastic oven bags for brining the turkey. Use two bags to prevent brine from leaking, and place the turkey in a large stockpot as.

Steps to make Apple Cider Turkey:

1. Put 1/2 gallon of apple cider, salt and sugar into a large pan. Heat and stir until the sugar and salt are dissolved. Now mix all brine ingredients into a food safe bucket. Submerge the turkey completely and let brine for a minimum of 8 hours, 12 to 24 is best.
2. Once brined pat dry and let rest while preparing the pan for roasting. The skin has started to take on a little color from the brine.
3. Preheat oven to 350°
4. If using a disposable foil roasting pan place it onto a baking sheet for additional support. Spread out the ingredients for the pan in an even layer.
5. Stuff and truss the turkey. Trussing not just helps the turkey cook evenly but also simply helps keep the cavity ingredients inside. Get the turkey into the pan and pour in the hard apple cider. All the pan ingredients add great flavor and create an amazing base for gravy.
6. Roast for an hour and a half breast side down. This helps keep the breast meat moist.
7. Now flip over and cook until the breast meat is 165°. Baste with the pan juices every half hour or so. This is my new favorite turkey, I will be making this a few times a year at least!!!

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