Roasted Turkey Recipe with Sweet and Savory Holiday Brine
- Prep Time: 1 hours
- Ready Time: 1 days 5 hours
- Serves: 6-8
This turkey brine and recipe will transform the way that you cook and prepare turkey forever. The sweetness of the molasses, syrup, and honey bring out a juicy, complex, and most-flavorful meat. Gustus Vitae’s Taste of Tuscany adds a unique blend of peppers, oregano, and basil that truly highlight the best in this roast. The binding of the sweet and savory present a duo that take a whole-baked turkey from ordinary to exceptional. An easier-than-most brine to prepare, a more juicy and succulent turkey breast result, and an herb blend that will teach you to savor every bite is sure to make this holiday season unforgettable.
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Roasted Turkey Recipe with Sweet and Savory Holiday Brine
- Prep Time: 1 hours
- Ready Time: 1 days 5 hours
- Serves: 6-8
Roasted Whole Turkey with Sweet and Savory Holiday Brine
Ingredients
- 12 pound(s) turkey
- 1 gallon(s) water
- 1/2 cup(s) kosher salt
- 1/2 cup(s) sugar
- 1/4 cup(s) molasses
- 1/2 lemon juice
- 1/2 cup(s) maple syrup
- 1/4 cup(s) black pepper
- 2.5 tablespoon(s) garlic, minced
- 1/4 cup(s) honey
- 1 lemon, sliced
- 1 orange, sliced
- 1 stick softened butter
- Gustus Vitae Taste of Tuscany Artisan seasoning
Instructions
- Clean and prepare turkey, place in brine bag
- Cover turkey with water in brine bag over 2 inches
- Remove a little water from bag and bring to boil water, salt and sugar; completely dissolving salt and sugar into the water.
- Cool mixture and add back to brine bag. Proceed to also add molasses, lemon juice, syrup, pepper, garlic, honey, sliced lemon and sliced orange
- Remove any extra air from back and seal tightly shut, emphasis: seal tightly shut
- Place turkey in refrigerator to soak and marinate. Marinate for at least 24 hours
- Remove turkey and pat dry
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees
- Rub turkey with softened butter and thoroughly season and sprinkle with Gustus Vitae Taste of Tuscany artisan seasoning
- Place turkey in turkey roaster breast side up and cover loosely with aluminum foil, careful to keep aluminum foil off skin of turkey
- Remove foil after 1 hour of baking
- Roast until thermometer is inserted in the thickest region and reads 180 degrees F
- Let cool for 20 minutes before slicing
- Slice and serve
- Enjoy!
Meet Gustus Vitae , Gustus Vitae
Gustus Vitae is a California crafter of artisan sea salts, seasonings, and gourmet cane sugars. Since our beginnings in the Venice Beach Farmer's Market, our sustainably sourced, small batch, Non GMO products have lead the category in quality, functionality, and innovation. Each and every one of our products, all hand-packed in our unique magnetic tins, is individually inspected, before being carefully packed up and shipped from our base in Downtown Los Angeles, just for you.
