Thanksgiving Turkey

FIRST STEP

Ingredients:

• Water
• 1 lb salt
• 1 chopped celery
• Juice of 3 oranges
• Peel of 3 oranges
• Rosemary
• Ice

Directions:

• Rinse the turkey with water.
• In a large bowl, place all ingredients with water.
• Add the turkey and the ice.
• Wait 12 hours.
• Remove from the container and wash the turkey with water.

SECOND STEP

Ingredients:

• 1 bar of butter
• 1 grated white onion
• 1 Onion cut into pieces
• Juice of 4 oranges
• Peel of 4 oranges
• 1 cup of wine
• 2 tbsp mustard
• 1/2 tsp thyme
• ½ tsp of rosemary
• 4 bay leaves
• 6 garlic cloves previously liquefied
• 2 tbsp wine vinegar
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 3 cloves
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 4 tsp of salt
• 2 chopped carrots
• 4 branches of chopped celery

Directions:

• Detach the skin from the breast.
• Mix the grated onion, wine, mustard, orange juice, thyme, bay leaf, garlic, wine vinegar, olive oil, cloves, pepper and salt.
• Soak the turkey with the butter, under and above the skin.
• Fill the turkey with onion and orange peels.
• Pour the mixture prepared above over the turkey.
• Marinate for 8 hours.
• In the baking dish, place a bed of celery and carrot.
• Place the turkey and pour the sauce.
• Cover the turkey with aluminum foil.
• Bake for 4 hours at 300 F.
• Baste the turkey with its juice every 30 minutes.
• Uncover at the end and brown for 5 minutes.
• Remove the onion and the orange peels from the filling.

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