Roast Turkey

Roast Turkey

Preparation time 15 minutes

Brining time 12 hours to 24 hours

Roasting time 3 hours to 3 1/2 hours
Serves 4 to 6 pax

Roast:

1 - young Turkey (4 to 5 kgs)

1 teaspoon - Iodized Salt

1 teaspoon - Coarse Black Pepper

2 cups - Chicken Broth

1 cup - Unsalted Butter

1/2 cup - Honey

Brine:

6 - dried Bay Leaves

6 sprigs - fresh Rosemary

4 sprigs - fresh Thyme

3 - Lemon, quartered

3 - Orange, quartered

1 whole - Garlic, minced

1.5 cup - Brown Sugar

1 cup - Iodized Salt

1/4 cup - Apple Cider Vinegar

Stuffing:

1 - Orange, cut into 8ths

1 - Carrot, sliced

1 - Yellow Onion, diced

1 stalk - Celery, cut into half inch

3 - dried Bay Leaves

3 sprigs - fresh Rosemary

3 sprigs - fresh Thyme

Gravy:

1 - Turkey Neck

1 packet - Turkey Giblets, diced

1 - Carrot, sliced

1 - Yellow Onion, diced

1 stalk - Celery, sliced

1 tablespoon - Corn Flour

1 tablespoon - Unsalted Butter

1 teaspoon - Ground Black Pepper

1/2 teaspoon - Iodized Salt

2 - Bay Leaf

2 sprigs - fresh Rosemary

2 sprigs - fresh Thyme

2 cups - Chicken Broth

1 cup - White Wine

1 cup - Water

Instruction:

1. Mix all brine ingredients into pot and bring to boil. Continue stirring brine occasionally until boil. Dip turkey into boiling brine for 1 minute and remove it.

2. Cool down brine before placing it into brining bag with turkey and refrigerate overnight (12 to 24 hours).

3. Remove turkey from brine. Rinse turkey with cold running water. Pat turkey dry with towel. Place on roasting tray with breast facing down.

4. Heat up oven to maximum temperature for 5 minutes.

5. Baste turkey with butter and honey mix. Followed by salt and pepper, includes inside of turkey.

6. Stuff turkey with the stuffing. Tie turkey's drum sticks with kitchen twine to keep stuffing intact.

7. Roast turkey breast down for 1 hour at 170 degree celsius temperature

8. Baste turkey with 1/2 cup chicken broth, butter and honey mix, and pepper.

9. Turn turkey breast up and roast for 1 hour.

10.  Repeat roasting and basting turkey with 1/2 cup chicken broth, butter and honey mix, and pepper every 1 hour until thermometer pops up reading 74 degree celsius (total 3 hours to 3 1/2 hour roasting time), turkey is then cooked.

11. Remove turkey from oven and let it rest 15 to 20 minutes before carving.

12. Mix all gravy ingredients into pot and bring to boil, continue stirring occasionally until gravy is boiled.

Note: You may reduce amount of salt if you wish to have it less salty. Amount time spend roasting differs depending on turkey size/ weight.