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Whole roasted turkey, placed on a platter overtop sage leaves and surrounded by red apples.

Apple Honey Glazed Turkey

This Apple Honey Glazed Turkey is packed full of flavours with the help of fresh herbs, dried apple cider, and sweet honey. It's a great dish to serve at your next holiday dinner!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 5 hours
Course Dinner, Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 14 poeple

Ingredients
  

  • ½ cup butter, salted
  • 8 sage leaves, fresh
  • ½ cup honey
  • 2 tablespoon white wine vinegar
  • 2 cups apple cider
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon, ground
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • ½ teaspoon black pepper
  • 20-22 lbs turkey

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F and set the oven rack to the lowest shelf.
  • Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine butter and sage leaves. Transfer the saucepan to the stovetop and bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Cook for 5 minutes, then remove from heat. Discard sage leaves.
  • Add the honey, white wine vinegar, apple cider and cinnamon to the sage butter. Whisk and transfer back to the stovetop. Simmer for 15 minutes, or until the mixture starts to thicken.
  • Add 2 cups of water to the bottom of the roasting pan.
  • Place the turkey in the roasting pan. Pour half of the apple honey glaze onto the turkey. Season with salt and pepper.
  • Transfer the turkey to the oven, basting every 60 minutes with additional apple honey glaze mixture until it reaches an internal temperature of 170°F.
  • Add an additional 1-2 cups of water to the bottom of the roasting pan halfway through cooking.
  • Remove the turkey from the oven and tent the turkey loosely with foil. Allow to rest for 20-30 minutes.
  • Carve the turkey and serve. Enjoy!
Keyword apple, autumn, christmas recipes, comfort food, holiday, Holiday meal, Holiday Recipes, winter
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