Roast Turkey Recipe

Roast Turkey Recipe
Ingredients
1 (14 to 16 pound) frozen young turkey
For the brine:
1 cup kosher salt
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1 gallon chicken stock
1 tablespoon black peppercorns
1/2 tablespoon allspice
1/2 tablespoon ginger 1 gallon iced water
For Aesthetics and Aromatics:
1 sliced red apple
1 small sliced red onion
1 cinnamon stick
1 cup water
4 sprigs rosemary
6 leaves sage
Vegetable or Canola oil
Preparation
Combine all brine ingredients, except ice water, in a stockpot, and bring to 
a boil. Stir to dissolve solids, then remove from heat, cool to room 
temperature, and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled.
Early on the day of cooking, (or late the night before) combine the brine 
and ice water in a clean 5-gallon bucket. Place thawed turkey breast side 
down in brine, cover, and refrigerate or set in cool area (like a basement) 
for 6 hours. Turn turkey over once, half way through brining.
A few minutes before roasting, heat oven to 500 degrees. Combine the apple, 
onion, cinnamon stick, and cup of water in a microwave safe dish and 
microwave on high for 5 minutes.
Remove bird from brine and rinse inside and out with cold water. Discard 
brine.
Place bird on roasting rack inside wide, low pan and pat dry with paper 
towels. Add steeped aromatics to cavity along with rosemary and sage. Tuck 
back wings and coat whole bird liberally with canola (or other neutral) oil.
Roast on lowest level of the oven at 500 degrees F. for 30 minutes. Remove 
from oven and cover breast with double layer of aluminum foil, insert probe 
thermometer into thickest part of the breast and return to oven, reducing 
temperature to 350 degrees F. Set thermometer alarm (if available) to 161 
degrees. A 14 to 16 pound bird should require a total of 2 to 2 1/2 hours of 
roasting. Let turkey rest, loosely covered for 15 minutes before carving.
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