Christmas Turkey
A community recipe by christmasdreamerNot tested or verified by Nigella.com
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Buy a turkey in the butcher's weighing 5 or 6 kilograms Clean it of any feathers that it may have Plunge entirely the turkey in a big bowl with 2 oranges and 2 lemons slices, cloves of garlic crushed, black pepper powder and laurel leaves
Scrub the turkey with the salt In a small bowl make a paste with: 15 big garlic cloves crushed (in the kitchen grinder), olive oil, black pepper powder, chilli powder, Cayenne pepper powder, cumins powder, white wine, salt (a little bit more). RESERVE THE PASTE With a Syringe inject all the turkey flesh with cognac Scrub the turkey with the paste (reserve a little bit to use during the baking) and wrap it in plastic film
Turn on the oven at 180º Take off the plastic film of the turkey and put the turkey on a tray Plunge a orange and a lemon, spiked on a fork, in boiling water about 30 SECONDS Introduce the orange and the lemon parboiled inside the turkey and two cinnamon sticks Put the turkey in the oven and cook it slowly Sprinkle the turkey several times during the baking with its own sauce and swab it with the reserved paste.
Buy a turkey in the butcher's weighing 5 or 6 kilograms Clean it of any feathers that it may have Plunge entirely the turkey in a big bowl with 2 oranges and 2 lemons slices, cloves of garlic crushed, black pepper powder and laurel leaves
Scrub the turkey with the salt In a small bowl make a paste with: 15 big garlic cloves crushed (in the kitchen grinder), olive oil, black pepper powder, chili powder, Cayenne pepper powder, cumins powder, white wine, salt (a little bit more). RESERVE THE PASTE With a Syringe inject all the turkey flesh with cognac Scrub the turkey with the paste (reserve a little bit to use during the baking) and wrap it in plastic film
Turn on the oven at 180º Take off the plastic film of the turkey and put the turkey on a tray Plunge a orange and a lemon, spiked on a fork, in boiling water about 30 SECONDS Introduce the orange and the lemon parboiled inside the turkey and two cinnamon sticks Put the turkey in the oven and cook it slowly Sprinkle the turkey several times during the baking with its own sauce and swab it with the reserved paste.
Introduction
This is a family traditional recipe. Usually everybody loves it very much. I hope you do too!
This is a family traditional recipe. Usually everybody loves it very much. I hope you do too!
Ingredients
Makes: One Christmas Turkey
Metric
Cups
- 1 turkey
- 3 oranges
- 3 lemons
- 20 cloves garlic
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon chilli powder
- 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 2 teaspoons black pepper
- 250 millilitres cognac
- 100 millilitres white wine
- 4 laurel leaf
- 4 tablespoons salt
- 100 millilitres olive oil
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 1 turkey
- 3 oranges
- 3 lemons
- 20 cloves garlic
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 2 teaspoons black pepper
- 9 fluid ounces cognac
- 4 fluid ounces white wine
- 4 laurel leaf
- 4 tablespoons salt
- 4 fluid ounces olive oil
- 2 cinnamon sticks
Method
Christmas Turkey is a community recipe submitted by christmasdreamer and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.
Day 1
Let the turkey be in this marinade about 24 hours
Day 2
Let the turkey be like this 24 hours
Day 3
Day 1
Let the turkey be in this marinade about 24 hours
Day 2
Let the turkey be like this 24 hours
Day 3
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