GRAND MARNIER TURKEY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F
• Rinse turkey and pat dry inside and out; set aside.
• Combine dried fruit, raisins, and apples in a medium-size bowl.
• Put orange juice and chiles into a blender or food processor and process for 1 minute.
• Add 1 cup each of tequila and Grand Marnier, then pour the mixture over the.
• fruit and let rest 15 minutes.
• Drain the fruit, reserving the liquid.
• Cut half the butter into 1/2-inch pieces and combine with the fruit.
• Stuff cavity of the turkey with most of the fruit.
• Place the turkey in a roasting bag, arrange remaining fruit on top of the bird and pour reserved orange juice-liquor mix over it.
• Combine remaining tequila and Grand Marnier.
• Have ready a basting syringe fitted with a metal injection nozzle and inject.
• the mixture all over the turkey.
• Melt remaining butter and carefully pour over the turkey in the roasting bag.
• Seal bag and cut 1/4-inch slit on the top to let steam escape.
• Place in a roasting pan and roast for 2 1/2 hours.
• Every 30 minutes open bag (being careful to shield your face from steam) and inject more liquor, eventually using it up.
• When ready to serve, slit open bag, arrange turkey on a platter, and scoop out the fruit stuffing.
• Place all the fruit in a serving bowl.
• Strain the juices that have accumulated in the bag, skim off any fat, and serve in a gravy boat.