Baked turkey with garlic and apples – a detailed recipe cooking. 
Photo of the dish:Steve Girelt Time: 4 hours. 55 minutes Difficulty: easy Quantity: one turkey Recipes use volumetric containers with a volume of: 1 cup (st.) – 240 ml. 3/4 cup (st.) – 180 ml. 1/2 cup (st.) – 120 ml 1/3 cup (st.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cup (st.) – 60 ml. 1tablespoon (tbsp.) – 15 ml. 1 teaspoon (tsp) – 5 ml.
Ingredients for the recipe:
- 1 (9 kg.) Turkey
- 2 heads of garlic
- 1 onion, cut into 6 pieces
- 2 apples, cut into four parts
- 1 bunch of sage
- 1 onion fennel, cut into 6 pieces
- 1 small carrot, cut into large slices
- 480 gr butter
- 8 tbsp. lightly salted chicken stock
- 4 bay leaves
- 1/4 Art. flour
- 1 tbsp. l balsamic vinegar
- Salt and Freshly Ground Peppers
Recipes with similar ingredients: turkey, garlic, onions, fennel onion, apples, sage, carrots, bay leaf, flour, balsamic vinegar
Recipe preparation:
- Prepare the turkey: 1 hour before cooking leave thawed turkey at room temperature. Then remove the neck and remove the giblets, leave for sauce. Dry the turkey inside and outside, with paper towels, grate with salt and pepper. Stuff the turkey with 1 head of garlic, cut into four parts, half the onion, apple slices and half a bunch of sage. Put the turkey in the baking dish, breast up, put the remaining vegetables and herbs around.
- Melt in a pan 360 gr. butter add 3 tablespoons finely chopped sage, salt and pepper. Fill the syringe with the mixture and inject half the mixture into the breast and hips, grate the turkey with the remaining mixture.
- Preheat the oven to 180 C. Put the turkey to the bottom bake and bake for about 3 hours until the thermometer, inserted into the thigh does not show 75 C. Turn off the oven, and leave the turkey in the oven for 15-20 minutes. Then shift the turkey on the dish and leave for 20-30 minutes.
- While the turkey is baking, prepare the broth: Melt the remaining 120 gr in a saucepan. butter. Add neck and offal, salt and pepper, fry over medium heat, until golden color, about 10 minutes. Clean the head garlic and crush the cloves with the back of a knife, add to offal and fry, another 2 minutes. Pour in the broth and put the laurel leaves, cover and bring to a boil. Cook with medium-low temperature, approximately 2 hours. Then remove bay leaves, neck and offal.
- Prepare the sauce: shift the baked vegetables and fruits into blender, add turkey juice and fat, pour in flour and cook puree, grind until smooth. Transfer received mashed potatoes in the broth. Bring to a boil, then boil, approximately 10 minutes. Add balsamic vinegar, season with salt and pepper.
- Divide the turkey into portions and garnish with the remaining sage, Serve with sauce. Recipe “Classic turkey sauce”
