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No more Dry Turkey!!

13/12/2021

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Click herI might be vegan but I love cooking for others, and this is the best way to cook your turkey to stop it going dry (so everyone I’ve cooked it for has told me).
 
The best way to stop the turkey turning out dry as dust is simply by braising it in milk.  This helps to add some added moisture the turkey needs, we all know it can be a dry meat.
 
So this is my way of braising the turkey in milk, note you will need to start the process a few days before you are going to cook the turkey but it is worth it and you’ll thank me for doing it.
 
Ingredients
  • 1 (10lb to 14lb) turkey
  • 12 cups Organic Whole milk kefir or buttermilk (I use kefir milk for the added health benefits and I find it works better, but buttermilk is perfectly fine)
  • 7 Tbsp fine sea salt
 
Method
  • Place a large brining bag in a large bowl or sink.
  • Pour kefir and salt in bag and stir to dissolve salt.
  • Place turkey in bag and seal carefully, expelling out air.
  • Double-bag the turkey to prevent any leakage, then squish the inner bag to distribute kefir all around the turkey.
  • Place it on a rimmed baking sheet and refrigerate for 48 hours.
  • Turn the bag every 12 hours so that every part
  • Preheat the oven 230C
  • Place the turkey that has been marinating into a roasting pan and pour the remaining marinade over the top of the turkey until covered and there is some settled at the bottom of the pan and place orange slices on and around the turkey.
  • Roast the turkey until an instant read thermometer inserted into the deepest part of the breast, without touching bone, registers 65C (about 40 minutes for boneless breast or 50 minutes for a bone-in-breast. For a 25lb turkey unstuffed, cook for 4-5 hours and with a stuffed turkey 4-6 hours).
  • You may want to tent the breast with aluminium foil if it’s darkening too quickly.
  • Put the cooked turkey on a large chopping board and rest for 10 minutes then carve.
 
If you want to use kefir and you don’t make your own, you can get some grains through fermenting Facebook groups, or you can buy kefir milk in Supervalu, Dunnes and your local polish food shops.
 
I have instructions on how to make kefir on my blog and social media pages.
 
 
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