Spiced and Super-Juicy Roast Turkey

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I LOVED IT!! so did my family.. it was soo good! the aromatic smell. It was my first time it was great!!! highly reccommended

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Wow, just finished eating it....Best Turkey I have ever tasted, loved by all the family, will def. be doing this every Christmas, so easy, please dont be put off by the preparations, once you have all the ingredients out it is so simple and so worth it.

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Anyone who tries this turkey will be wowed. It seems like a lot when you look at the ingredient list for the brine but it seriously assembles in five minutes flat and you're done. Tomorrow will be my third time making a turkey this way -- I won't do a turkey any other way. For those who asked about using the drippings -- NO!! -- you cannot use them to make traditional gravy and even Nigella tells you as much. She says to use a very small amount for her allspice gravy which I didn't care for. Instead I make a small turkey breast in advance and make my gravy from that instead. Remember to augment the recipe for bigger birds. Enjoy the turkey and the heaping praise that will be served up with it! Happy Thanksgiving!

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Dundalkphil - I have made this twice and each time I did not use the juices to make gravy for the same reason you're questioning it.

My first turkey I have ever made and used this recipe. I would recommend to amateurs such as myself to constantly add water to the bottom of the pan since the glaze dries up very very fast. This was something that may be well known to other cooks, but I was not aware of this I was just trying to follow the recipe exactly. Other than that, I have had RAVE reviews about my turkey using this recipe. I will never use another recipe ever! I am only 25 and my family and my husbands family insist on me having Thanksgiving every year now because of how good the turkey was!

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going to try this recipe this year and just wondering what the juices are like to make gravy ( is it too salty rom the brine love to hear your feedback. Phil

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Thank you Nigella, my husband and I are not turkey fans, but we had family for Christmas Iast year and made your turkey recipe, wow, we are converts and look forward to the turkey this year...

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Best turkey I've ever had! Great flavor, juicy, loved the sweet glaze!

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Made this last year for Thanksgiving and it was the juciest, most flavorful, and tender turkey I've ever had - we're definitely making it again this year!

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I have been a fan of Ms Lawson ever since I was introduced to her aesthetically stunning cooking program--and her masteful use of imagery as she describes the food is so wonderfully refreshing to the agonizing cliches one usually hears ad naseum in other cooking shows: "Isn't that pretty?" or "Look at the color." In fact, she inspired me to brave the uncharted terrain of the culinary arts. "How to Eat" was the first cookbook ( a diminutive title to describe such an panoramic field of recipes flowered with colorful prose to adorn my humble kitchen. But I digress...the turkey was amazing! The breast meat especially, was so succulent and tender that the gravy was used for the mashed potatoes, as if using it was tantamount to pairing ketchup with prime rib. And the essence of the spices married perfectly with the flesh of the royal fowl--my table was a veritable orgy of "mmmmm" and "aaahhh" as it was feasted upon. The only thing I did differently was, I combined all the brine ingredients in a large stockpot and brought it to the boil for a few minutes. Next, I put the pot in an ice bath (to expedite coming to room temperature and then let the turkey soak. (Having tried the recipe before w/o the boiling, I prefered a little more spice factor, and boiling the brine definitely delivered. It turned out fabulous!! Cheers Nigella!!!

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I saw Nigella's programme in the UK when I was living there and I was mesmerised how simple and delicious it looks like.... The following day I bought the Xmas book and I did her Xmas meal: no stress because of the timing and the tips given in the book... I did a dry run with friends mid december and they all enjoyed it..... asking for more.... especially the Xmas chocolate pudding....
I did the same meal for my in-laws and this year, I'll do it again in France for my familly.....
WHO SAID THAT BRITISH and FOOD was an oximoron?

NIGELLA you are the best!