Brown Sugar-Cured Turkey With Wild Mushroom-Shallot Gravy

Serves: 6

Alessia Franecki

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

52

Spice

55

Sweetness

57

Sourness

42

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.7

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1 cup

Coarse Salt

2 tsps

Onion Powder

Directions:

1

Tent with foil and let stand 30 minutes

2

Rinse turkey inside and out

3

Pat dry with paper towels

4

Place turkey on platter

5

Mix brown sugar, salt, onion powder, garlic powder, allspice, cloves and mace in small bowl to blend well

6

Rub brown sugar mixture all over outside of turkey

7

Refrigerate turkey uncovered 24 hours

8

Position rack in bottom third of oven and preheat to 300°F

9

Arrange onion quarters in large roasting pan

10

Place turkey atop onions

11

Tie turkey legs together

12

Tuck wings under turkey

13

Sprinkle turkey with pepper

14

Cover loosely with foil

15

Roast turkey 2 hours

16

Uncover; roast 30 minutes

17

Add 1 cup broth to roasting pan; baste turkey with broth

18

Roast turkey 1 hour, basting occasionally

19

Add 1 cup broth to roasting pan; continue to roast turkey until dark brown, basting with broth every 20 minutes, about 1 hour

20

Cover turkey loosely with foil; continue to roast until thermometer inserted into innermost part of thigh registers 180°F, about 1 hour 30 minutes longer

21

Transfer turkey to platter

22

Tent with foil and let stand 30 minutes

23

Serve with Wild Mushroom-Shallot Gravy

24

Rinse turkey inside and out

25

Pat dry with paper towels

26

Place turkey on platter

27

Mix brown sugar, salt, onion powder, garlic powder, allspice, cloves and mace in small bowl to blend well

28

Rub brown sugar mixture all over outside of turkey

29

Refrigerate turkey uncovered 24 hours

30

Position rack in bottom third of oven and preheat to 300°F

31

Arrange onion quarters in large roasting pan

32

Place turkey atop onions

33

Tie turkey legs together

34

Tuck wings under turkey

35

Sprinkle turkey with pepper

36

Cover loosely with foil

37

Roast turkey 2 hours

38

Uncover; roast 30 minutes

39

Add 1 cup broth to roasting pan; baste turkey with broth

40

Roast turkey 1 hour, basting occasionally

41

Add 1 cup broth to roasting pan; continue to roast turkey until dark brown, basting with broth every 20 minutes, about 1 hour

42

Cover turkey loosely with foil; continue to roast until thermometer inserted into innermost part of thigh registers 180°F, about 1 hour 30 minutes longer

43

Transfer turkey to platter

44

Serve with Wild Mushroom-Shallot Gravy