Turkey Recipe-yummm...

Ok so here it is my new favourite, not so top secret recipe for Turkey. I will admit I have borrowed liberally from the William Sonoma cookbook"Thanksgiving". The most important thing you need to do is buy yourself one more kitchen gadget! The injector!! I don't know what the official name is but that is what we call it around here. I found mine at Bed,Bath and Beyond and it was very reasonably priced-under $20.It looks like a giant needle.

I had no oranges in the house so used about 5 clementines.

The marinade I used for the turkey was orange/rosemary. Squeeze the juice from 3 oranges(or a few more clementines) after having zested them and set the zest aside. Finely chop  2 tblsp rosemary and add to the juice along with  about 1/4 cup of  olive oil. Mix this marinade well and then use the injector to inject this into the turkey in all the juicy meaty parts! No shortage of help with this task. My 16 and 13 year old boys actually fought over it and my 9 year old can't wait until he's old enough to inject!

Love my Nigella Lawson  citrus juicer.

Take the zest from the orange you set aside and mix with 1tblsp of finely chopped rosemary and 1 stick of softened butter.  It's best if this is done a few hours ahead of when you will be needing it so the flavours blend.

Zest waiting to be turned into Turkey massage butter!

I don't stuff my turkey with stuffing so I placed a handful of rosemary and what remained of the oranges inside the turkey and then patted the yummy rosemary butter all over the turkey. Baste the turkey the first few times with the remaining injector marinade. Roast at 325 until your meat thermometer registers 170 and then let it sit another 30minutes under foil before carving. I usually start it uncovered in the oven and then cover with foil when it looks yummy and brown! I never bother tieing the legs or anything like that.

This is  such a nice change from my usual apple cider/sage type of  marinade. I can't wait to use the injector in other roasts. We really noticed how juicy and flavourful the meat was.

YUM, almost makes me want to cook another turkey!