Perfect Turkey

There's a first time for everything, including baking a turkey for Thanksgiving! Thanks to my co-worker/friend Hilah, I now have a wonderful turkey recipe (adapted from allrecipes.com)!

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/perfect-turkey/detail.aspx


Ingredients

1 whole ( 18 lb) turkey, neck and giblets removed
2 cups salt
1/2 cup butter, melted
2 large onions, peeled and chopped
4 carrots, peeled and chopped
4 stalks celery, chopped
sprigs of fresh thyme
1 bay leaf
1 cup dry white wine ( I used Lucky Duck Sauvignon Blanc)

Directions

1. Rub the turkey inside and out with salt. Place the turkey in a large stockpot and cover with cold water. Place in the refrigerator and allow the turkey to soak in the salt and water mixture for 12 hours or overnight.

2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Throughly rinse the turkey and disgard the brine mixture.

3. Brush the turkey with 1/2 of the melted butter. Place the breast side down on a roasting rack in a shallow roasting pan. Stuff the inside of the turkey with 1 onion, 1/2 the carrots, 1/2 the celery, a few sprigs of thyme, 1 bay leaf. Scatter the remaining vegetables and a few sprigs of thyme around the bottom of the roasting pan, and cover with the white wine.

4. Roast uncovered 3 1/2-4 hours in the oven until the internal temperature of the thigh reaches 180 degrees F. Carefully turn the turkey breast side up about 2/3 through the roasting time and cover with the rest of the butter.

5. Allow the bird to sit about 30 minutes before carving.









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