Roast Heritage Turkey and Gravy Recipe

Name: Roast Heritage Turkey and Gravy Recipe
Ingredients: 1 16- to 20-pound heritage-breed turkey; 1 quart apple cider; 1 cup kosher salt; 2 lemons, quartered; 5 bay leaves; 1 medium apple, quartered but not peeled; 1 medium yellow onion, peeled and quartered; 6 garlic cloves; 1 bunch thyme; 8 tablespoons/1 stick unsalted butter, softened; 6 sprigs rosemary; 1 tablespoon salt; 1 tablespoon pepper; 1 cup red wine; 3 cups turkey or chicken stock, plus more if needed; 4 tablespoons cornstarch; 1 hard-boiled egg, chopped (optional)

"Heritage turkeys can be tricky to roast; the flesh is firmer than that of a supermarket bird P Allen Smith, the Southern cooking and lifestyle expert from whom this recipe is adapted, suggests a day in a brine sweetened with apple cider and then roasting the bird on a bed of rosemary..."

INGREDIENTS

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1 16- to 20-pound heritage-breed turkey

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1 quart apple cider

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1 cup kosher salt

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2 lemons, quartered

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5 bay leaves

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1 medium apple, quartered but not peeled

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1 medium yellow onion, peeled and quartered

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6 garlic cloves

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1 bunch thyme

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8 tablespoons/1 stick unsalted butter, softened

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6 sprigs rosemary

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1 tablespoon salt

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1 tablespoon pepper

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1 cup red wine

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3 cups turkey or chicken stock, plus more if needed

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4 tablespoons cornstarch

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1 hard-boiled egg, chopped (optional)

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