Brined and Roasted Turkey

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The first time I brined my turkey with this recipe it was delicious. I had 10 people for dinner and everyone said that it was the moistest turkey they ever ate (and 1 was my mother in law who is usually tightlipped with the compliments and 1 was my brother who is a cook. I've made every turkey with this brine since then and it never disappoints. I haven't tried roasting the turkey upside down as suggested but maybe next time I will.

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As nobody really knows how to cook a turkey here in Switzerland, I started a large scale Turkey-Recipe-Evaluation with all my Amercian friends; and this recipe turned out to be the winner! It was the BEST TURKEY EVER. Extremely moist, tasty, tender - just perfect! And the gravy was 2die4! I believe I’ve even improved the recipe by purée the giblets after cooking (in an attempt to trick some family members who surely would have been distgusted by recognizing giblets, which made the gravy even more viscid and homogeneous. I also put thick fat slices on top of the breast (removing them during the last 1/2h of cooking to brown the skin. It was tricky to find a way to soak the turkey in the brine; I used a large cooling box and added cooling elements. I was sceptical about the low cooking temperature, but I sticked to the recipe and it turned out just PERFECT. Cooking time 3.50h for a 6.8kg (15lb turkey.
My mum is now bragging with her friends that her son cooked the best turkey EVER :-

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Let me begin by saying that I did not do the entire recipe. I used the brine recipe, buttered the skin, and put the orange, onion, celery, carrot and bay leaves inside the turkey. From there I used a Reynolds turkey bag since clean-up is so much easier. I used this recipe in November and yesterday. It's produced the best turkey I've ever roasted and perhaps the best I've ever tasted. YUMMY!!!

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The Turkey was a success! This is my first time really cooking.....even had to look up what brine meant and had to buy a roasting pan! I did figure out a nice trick for turning over the turkey after the first hour - put a pot holder on one hand, place/tie a disposable plastic shopping bag over it, then do the other hand. It wasn't mentioned what to do with the liver so I just gave that to my dog. It also doesn't mention what to do with the items you stuff the turkey with so I took them out. It also never said to cover the turkey with foil inside the oven at any point so I didn't. The tips of the wings turned black but no one eats those anyway. Bottom line, my family loved it...no leftovers though dang it.

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I made a turkey breast with this recipe and it was moist and juicy, yeah I know right!
I couldn't wait to try so I made one a couple of weeks before TG and now again for the
New Year 2013 Try it you won't. Be disappointed.

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Turned out great! Very moist and lots of favor. Will be using this recipe again next thanksgiving.

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I am now the reigning 'Queen of the Bird' in my family thanks to this recipe. It is on the X-Mas menu by request! Thank you EL!

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I only used the brine and I loved the turkey! It browned evenly on the outside and was moist and juicy inside. The brine was super easy. My 2 teenaged boys couldn't get enough. They said it was the best turkey they have ever had. I will be using this every year for now on!

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I wasn't really too impressed. I made a turkey last year with a different brine (Alton Brown's and it had a lot more flavor.

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HANDS DOWN the best turkey I have ever made. I have been using this brine for about 5 years now and it gets better every time!