Name: Apple Cider Turkey
Ingredients: 1 12-14 lb. turkey; Brine; 2 gallons apple cider; 2 cups kosher salt; 1 cup brown sugar; 10 cloves garlic; 1 handful sliced fresh ginger; 4 oranges quartered; 4 whole cloves; 2 tbsp crushed red pepper flakes; 1-2 gallons water; Cavity Filler; 1 apple cut into 8 pieces; 1 lemon cut into 8 pieces; 4 sprigs fresh tarragon; 4 sprigs fresh rosemary; 5 sprigs fresh thyme; 5 sprigs fresh Italian flat leaf parsley; Pan; 4 apples quartered; 4 stocks of celery; 1/4 large sweet onion; 12 oz hard apple cider

Apple Cider Turkey.

You can Cook Apple Cider Turkey using 23 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Apple Cider Turkey

What You needis 1 of 12-14 lb. turkey.
Lets Go Prepare of Brine.
Lets Go Prepare 2 gallons of apple cider.
What You needis 2 cups of kosher salt.
What You needis 1 cup of brown sugar.
It's 10 cloves of garlic.
It's 1 handful of sliced fresh ginger.
Lets Go Prepare 4 of oranges quartered.
What You needis 4 of whole cloves.
Lets Go Prepare 2 tbsp of crushed red pepper flakes.
Lets Go Prepare 1-2 gallons of water.
It's of Cavity Filler.
Lets Go Prepare 1 of apple cut into 8 pieces.
Lets Go Prepare 1 of lemon cut into 8 pieces.
It's 4 sprigs of fresh tarragon.
What You needis 4 sprigs of fresh rosemary.
What You needis 5 sprigs of fresh thyme.
It's 5 sprigs of fresh Italian flat leaf parsley.
Lets Go Prepare of Pan.
Lets Go Prepare 4 of apples quartered.
What You needis 4 of stocks of celery.
It's 1/4 of large sweet onion.
What You needis 12 oz of hard apple cider.

Apple Cider Turkey instructions

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..
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..
Preheat oven to 350°.
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..
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..
Roast for an hour and a half breast side down. This helps keep the breast meat moist..
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!!!.