ROASTED BRINED TURKEY WITH PORCINI, CHESTNUT, AND SAUSAGE STUFFING

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Roasted Brined Turkey with Porcini, Chestnut, and Sausage Stuffing image

A simple brine and a generous brushing of butter before roasting yields moist turkey with perfectly crisp skin every time. Follow our step-by-step guide for roasting the perfect turkey.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Ingredients     Meat & Poultry     Turkey Recipes

Yield Serves 8 to 10

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 whole turkey (18 to 20 pounds), brined in Turkey Brine
Porcini, Chestnut, and Sausage Stuffing
1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, melted
Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste

Steps:

  • Remove turkey from brine. Discard brine. Pat turkey dry inside and out with paper towels. Place, breast-side up, on a rack set in a roasting pan. Let stand at room temperature up to 1 hour.
  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees, with rack in lowest position. Fold a piece of cheesecloth (about 3 feet long) into thirds, place inside turkey cavity, and open up to create a pouch. Loosely fill cheesecloth pouch with stuffing (do not pack tightly), and tuck in ends of cheesecloth to close.
  • Tuck wings underneath the turkey, and tie legs together with kitchen twine. Brush turkey all over with butter, and season generously with salt and pepper.
  • Roast turkey, basting with pan juices every 30 minutes and rotating the pan after 2 hours, until a thermometer inserted into the thickest portion of the thigh registers 165 degrees, 2 1/2 to 3 hours. Remove stuffing pouch, then empty it into a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan. Cover if desired, and return stuffing to oven; bake until it registers 165 degrees, about 30 minutes more. Transfer turkey to a platter, reserving pan juices for gravy. Let turkey stand 30 minutes before carving.

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