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Brined & Spatchcocked Turkey

Brined & Spatchcocked Turkey
Chef Marcel Vigneron is providing you a recipe for a mouth-watering turkey for Thanksgiving.
Ingredients

Ingredients for Brine

  • 6L water
  • 6,000g ice
  • 600 g table salt
  • 2 kg sel rose ( pink salt) tcm
  • 250g sugar
  • 15 ea. heads of garlic
  • 3 ea. orange zest.
  • 3 ea. lemon zest
  • 5 sprig rosemary
  • 2 ea. cinnamon sticks
  • 1 bunch time
  • 15 ea star anise
  • 100g coriander seeds
  • 5g cloves
  • 7g allspice
  • 2g Juniper Berries

Ingredients for Spatchcocked Turkey

  • 2 tablespoons Olive Oil
  • 1 tablespoon kosher sale
  • 1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
  • 1 fresh free range 12# turkey
  • 3 onions, lg dice
  • 4 carrots, lg dice
  • 1/2 head celery, lg dice
  • 1 head fennel, lg dice
  • 1 bu thyme
  • 1 bu sage

Directions for Brine

  1. Wrap spices in sachet (cheesecloth parcel tied with twine)
  2. Bring 6 liters of water to boil and add all other ingredients
  3. Submerge turkey in brine for 24 hours in cooler or refrigerator.
  4. Remove turkey from brine give quick rinse and dry

Directions for Spatchcocked Turkey

  1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees
  2. Spatchcok turkey by cutting out backbone and breaking breastplate. Rub turkey with oil and season with salt and pepper
  3. Place vegetables parchment rimmed baking sheet. place rack on top and transfer spatchcocked turkey on top, breast side up
  4. Roast, rotating halfway through and basting 4 times until an instant read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh reads 165F, about 1 hour. Allow to rest for at least 25 minutes before carving.

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