How to Make A Cranberry Orange Roast Turkey

Everyone loves turkey throughout the holidays. If you are looking for new ways to prepare it, you may want to try out this delicious recipe for turkey doused with all sorts of wonderful flavors including cranberry, orange, sage, thyme and more!

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Turkey for roasting (your choice of size)
• 2 to 3 large oranges
• One bag fresh cranberries
• Pulp free orange juice for basting and injecting
• Meat injector
• Ground sage
• Ground thyme
• Ground nutmeg
• Course salt
• Ground black pepper
• Butter (for rubbing the skin)

1. Preheat the oven according to the size of the turkey that you are cooking, many will have the instructions included.
2. Be sure to completely wash your turkey and always remember to remove the packet of giblets! (You would be amazed at the amount of people who forget this important step!)
3. Go ahead and put together the mixture for stuffing the turkey. Simply cut the cranberries in half and place in a large bowl. Then cut your oranges into quarters and place in the bowl. Take your spices, 1/2 teaspoon of each, and place in the bowl as well. Simply stir and then you are ready to stuff this mixture inside the turkey.
4. After you stuff the mixture into the turkey cavity, it is a good idea to take some cooking string to close it up. This will help to keep any of the seasonings and stuffing from falling out into the pan.
5. Begin the preparations on the turkey by patting dry after washing. You can then take and inject the bird with orange juice, making sure to hit a wide area for equal distribution of juices.
6. Take the butter and begin to rub and massage it all over the outside of the turkey all over the skin. This will help to create a wonderful brown crispness to the skin. After rubbing the butter on the outside, sprinkle generously with salt and pepper and you are ready for the oven!

Tips & Warnings

• If you are a fan of stuffing, you can still have your stuffing on the side. This recipe works wonders to keep the turkey juicy and filled with an incredible aroma and flavor.
• To avoid cooking your turkey skin too quickly and possibly burning, You can always either cover your roaster pan, use foil to cover or even roast inside of a roasting bag.