Juicy turkey in the oven baked whole

Ruddy outside and juicy inside turkey for your table. This turkey will be a wonderful treat for the whole family. Cook it for New Year or Christmas, or just for dinner. Thanks to the marinade, the turkey gets a special taste, and the meat remains tender and juicy.

Victoria

The author of the recipe

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Turkey

Onion

0.5

Yogurt (Natural yogurt without additives. Or mayonnaise)

Red wine

200

Cinnamon

Paprika

Ground coriander

Thyme, thyme

0.5

Ground black pepper

Salt

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 68 % 19 g

Fats 29 % 8 g

Carbohydrates 4 % 1 g

156 kcal

GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 4 h

Step 1:
How to make a juicy turkey in the oven baked whole? Defrost the turkey, remove the giblets, rinse under water and dry with a paper towel.
Step 2:
Prepare the marinade. Grate the onion on a fine grater and add yogurt to the onion.
Step 3:
Add wine, all spices and salt.
Step 4:
Mix until smooth.
Step 5:
Pull the skin away from the meat and spread the marinade evenly under the skin.
Step 6:
Then spread the marinade evenly over the surface of the turkey. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. You can leave it for a day.
Step 7:
Then take the turkey out of the refrigerator, lift the skin on the back of the carcass and make a small longitudinal incision with a knife so that you get a pocket. Thread a turkey leg through a strip of skin and cross both legs. Or cross your legs and tie with a thread.
Step 8:
Place the turkey on a baking sheet and cover with food foil. Bake the turkey in the oven for 3 hours at 180 °C. Check the readiness of the turkey. To do this, pierce the turkey, if the light juice flows out, then it is ready, if the juice is pink, you still need to hold it in the oven. Or check the readiness with a thermometer, the temperature inside the turkey should be at least 75 °C.

If you want to get a more ruddy crust on the turkey, then remove the foil for 30 minutes until ready and continue baking the turkey without foil.
Serve the turkey with a side dish of vegetables. Turkey can also be stuffed with vegetables, apples, oranges or baked with lemon. Someone is stuffing a turkey with cranberries or prunes. You can also choose the spices as you wish. Yogurt can be replaced with mayonnaise.
In my recipe, I use a medium-sized turkey, if you have a large turkey, you will have to increase the time of complaint by 1-2 hours. Be guided by the temperature of the turkey and the color of the juice.
Such a turkey in America is prepared for Christmas and Thanksgiving. The process of cooking turkey is simple and it can be cooked for any holiday or on a normal day.

Keep in mind that everyone has different ovens. The temperature and cooking time may differ from those specified in the recipe. To make any baked dish successful, use useful information about the features of ovens !

Note that the quality and taste of the finished dish largely depends on the proper defrosting of the ingredients. How to avoid mistakes and choose the best way, read the article about defrosting.

Since the degree of salinity, sweetness, bitterness, sharpness, acid, burning is individual for everyone, always add spices, spices and seasonings, focusing on your taste! If you put some of the seasonings for the first time, then keep in mind that there are spices that it is especially important not to shift (for example, chili pepper).