For a juicy, flavorful turkey, Ree starts with a maple-whiskey brine enhanced with orange and apple peels. After letting the turkey soak up all that goodness, she rinses and roasts it to perfection.
Ree Drummond is in the kitchen to prepare a frontier-style Thanksgiving with some of her favorite recipes, starting with Pumpkin Gingersnap Cheesecake with Salted Caramel Sauce. Her holiday spread includes four stunning side dishes -- Broccoli Wild Rice Casserole, No-Knead Clover Leaf Rolls, Green Beans and Tomatoes, and Soul Sweet Taters. She makes the most of leftovers in Pumpkin Smoothies for the kids and a toasty Leftover Thanksgiving Panini. Festive Goat Cheese and Pomegranate Champagne Cocktails put the fizz in Ree's Friendsgiving celebration, and she wraps up her holiday preparations with her Favorite Turkey Brine, Turkey Gravy and flavorful Orange Rosemary Butter.
Turkey's mild flavor is the perfect blank canvas for the puckery punch of pickle brine and spices, and an additional pickle butter adds even more pickle flavor as it slowly seeps into the meat while the turkey roasts.
The perfect Thanksgiving turkey doesn't need a fryer or brine. This easy recipe can be customized by stuffing the bird's cavity with different combinations of vegetables and herbs.
Giada dry brines her turkey before carefully wrapping it in thinly sliced prosciutto, roasting it, then serving it with a sweet, tangy gravy made from the pan juices.