It is generally accepted that turkey is more suitable for festive feasts, because it takes a long time to prepare it, and it looks pompous. However, there are many options for the normal menu. Today we will talk about how and how much to bake a turkey in the oven. Choose recipes to your taste and prepare wonderful dishes.
The recipe for a turkey baked in the oven
Ingredients:
- turkey carcass - 4-5 kg;
- tangerines - 7 pieces;
- soy sauce;
- spices (paprika, saffron);
- cheese - 90 g;
- onions - 120 g.
Preparation
We clear the mandarins and squeeze out the juice from them. We combine it with spices and soy sauce - the marinade is ready.
Carcase the bird and rinse it gently with paper napkins to remove all droplets of water. We pour the turkey with spicy mandarin juice and put it in the cold for 10 hours. Every 2-3 hours we take it out, scoop up a glass marinade with a spoon and moisten it. So that it does not dry up, we wrap it with food film.
Take the sleeve for baking. We send it in advance prepared onion semirings, shift the turkey, close the sleeve and put it on a baking sheet in the oven. Must pass 2 hours. Then cut the sleeve, sprinkle the bird with chips of cheese and continue baking for another 30 minutes. A bright crust will report the end of cooking.
How to bake a turkey in foil in the oven entirely
Ingredients:
- whole turkey - about 5-6 kg;
- water - 5 l;
- brown sugar - 80 g;
- dried sage;
- paprika;
- salt;
- softened butter - 180 g.
Preparation
We peel the turkey from the hairs, if there are any feathers, wash it and send it to a large container, for example, a 10-liter saucepan.
We boil separately water together with sage, paprika, salt and brown sugar. It is necessary that the crystals of sugar and salt are dissolved and the spices share their fragrances.
Fill the bird with a cooled spicy solution. Now you need to wait until the turkey is soaked. Usually it takes at least 24 hours, but you can settle for 5 hours.
Drain the solution, and douse the carcase with napkins. We put her breast up in the form and cover with foil, not forgetting to tie the edges so that there are no cracks. We put in the oven for 2 hours. Now comes the second stage of baking. We remove the foil, and grease the bird with butter. We cook in the oven for another hour.
Turkey with apples, baked in the oven
Ingredients:
- mustard - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- turkey - 2300 g;
- salt;
- garlic cloves - 5 pcs .;
- apple - 3 pieces;
- butter - 80 g;
- paprika.
Preparation
Apples are washed, we remove the core from them and crush them, without removing the peel, to the cubes. Peeled turkey pieces are rubbed with salt, paprika, mustard and garlic. Let's lie down for 15 minutes. We combine in a fire-resistant form apples with a spicy turkey flavor, pour with melted butter and cook in the oven for 1 hour.
Turkey baked in oven with potatoes
Ingredients:
- onion - 180 g;
- turkey - 900 g;
- olive oil;
- fresh rosemary;
- vinegar balsamic - 2 tsp.
- fresh thyme;
- a mixture of dried peppers;
- carrots - 180 g;
- salt;
- potatoes - 600 g.
Preparation
We cut the peeled vegetables: carrots - thin slices, onions - rings, potatoes - slices. We put onions and carrots in a refractory container, the bottom of which is lubricated with oil. From above distribute pieces of turkey and potato slices. Pour all the balsamic vinegar and the rest of the oil, sprinkle with fresh herbs and a mixture of peppers, salt and cook in the oven for 1 hour.