CIDER BRINED GRILLED ROASTED TURKEY
RECIPE TYPE
Holiday, Turkey
SERVES
10 to 12
Prep Time: 1 day
Cook Time: 3 hr
Ingredients
1 jug (2 L) Longo’s Apple Cider, divided
1/2 cup Longo’s Pink Himalayan Salt
4 cups ice
8 sprigs Longo’s Fresh Thyme
4 sprigs Longo’s Fresh Rosemary
1 Longo’s Signature Fresh Turkey (10 to 12 lb)
1 apple, halved
1/4 cup Longo’s Salted Butter, melted
1 tsp pepper
Directions
Combine 4 cups cider with salt in stockpot large enough to fit turkey. Simmer over medium heat until most of the salt is dissolved. Remove from heat. Add remaining cider, ice, thyme and rosemary.
Remove neck and giblets from turkey. Submerge turkey in brine, adding cold water as needed to cover turkey. Refrigerate overnight. Remove turkey from brine; rinse well and pat dry. Place on rack in large foil roasting pan. Stuff cavity with thyme and rosemary sprigs from brine and apple.
Preheat grill to medium (about 350°F). Brush turkey with butter and sprinkle with pepper. Add 2 cups of water to a roasting pan.
Set pan on grill and roast turkey, covered, maintaining as consistent a temperature as possible, for 2 1/2 to 3 hours or until a thermometer inserted in thickest part of thigh registers 170°F. (Alternately, roast in the oven at 350°F.)
Remove turkey to a board and rest for 20 minutes before carving.
NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION
Per serving (about 5 oz/150g turkey meat); 150 calories
Protein 43g | Fibre 0g |
| Fat 13g | Sugars 0g |
| Carbs 0g | Sodium 330mg |
