[Sca-cooks] Stuffing

[Ysabeau]

Actually, I'm going to brag a bit here...my turkey turned out FABULOUS!

I created a brine using non-alcoholic cider, salt, water, peppercorns, bay
leaves, and coriander seeds. I brined the turkey about 24 hours (longer than
planned but still okay). I stuffed it with apples, oranges, lemons, onion,
and garlic. I slipped some rosemary and sage leaves under the skin here and
there. I rubbed it with a bit of olive oil and put it in the oven. The first
time I basted it, I used leftover apple cider that I had reduced to about
1/3 (3 cups down to about 1 cup). The next two times I basted with orange
juice. Then another two times using juice from the bottom of the pan. This
was the BEST turkey I've ever had...hands down...if I do say so myself. It
was juicy, had good flavor but nothing was too overpowering. I didn't make
gravy, I just used the jus from the bottom of the pan which was full of
flavor that complimented the turkey and was supposedly lower in gravy (after
I drained off the fat) than a regular gravy. The jus was thicker than I
normally think of a jus being but it wasn't as thick as a gravy.

The recipe I based this on is here:
http://food.cookinglight.com/cooking/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=701066

The recipe was in the magazine alongside the cider-roasted chicken recipe
(last year I think). There were minor differences between the pork loin
recipe and the chicken, but I thought the flavor of a turkey would be closer
to pork than to chicken so used that recipe as the baseline. I tripled the
brine recipe but I think I probably should have quintupled (?) it. The
turkey was barely covered by the brine.

So, this is definitely a do again recipe.

Enjoy!
Ysabeau


On 12/1/06, Stefan li Rous <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Ysabeau mentioned:
> <<< I'm going with an apple cider brine. I've used it on chicken
> and I think it
> will go great for turkey. I just haven't decided if I'm going to do a
> small
> turkey or just a breast. This is for the day after Thanksgiving...so
> I can have leftovers! >>>
>
> Are you talking of using alcoholic or fresh apple cider for this?
>
> Hmm. Since I missed much of the Thanksgiving feast, and wouldn't have
> gotten that much extra leftover turkey since I didn't cook it, even
> if I had made the feast, perhaps I ought swing by and pick up a
> turkey breast to cook. Then to decide among the multiple interesting
> ways to cook it which have been discussed here.
>
> Stefan
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