Butterflied Turkey with Yucatan Rub
- 1 gallon water
- 2 cups kosher salt
- 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1 (8 to 10-pound) turkey, butterflied (back and breast bone removed by your butcher)
- 1/2 cup annatto paste (see ShopSmart, below)
- 8 cloves garlic, peeled and smashed
- 3 tablespoons dried oregano, preferably Mexican
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground coriander
- 1 1/2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
- 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
- Juice of 3 limes (a scant 1/2 cup)
- Juice of 1 orange (about 1/3 cup)
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- For the turkey: The day before serving, heat 3 quarts of the water with salt and sugar in a large pan, stirring to dissolve salt and sugar.
- Remove from heat, add remaining 1 quart cold water, and stir.
- Set brine aside to cool to room temperature.
- Put turkey in a large container and cover with the brine.
- Cover and refrigerate for 4 to 5 hours.
- (If you want to brine the turkey overnight, use half the amount of salt and sugar.)
- For rub: Crumble annatto paste into a food processor and blend with the garlic, oregano, coriander, black pepper, salt, and allspice.
- Add the fruit juices and the olive oil and process to make a pasty sauce.
- Drain and pat the turkey very dry.
- Smear the rub all over the bird.
- Cover and refrigerate overnight.
- Prepare an outdoor grill with a large medium-heat fire for direct and indirect grilling.
- Position a drip pan under the grate on indirect side of the grill.
- Place turkey, breast side up, over the drip pan and grill, covered, until meat is cooked about halfway through, about 50 minutes.
- Turn and cook until an instant-read thermometer inserted in the thigh registers 170 degrees F, about 50 minutes more.
- Move turkey to direct heat and rotate to evenly brown the skin in the last 10 minutes of cooking.
- Transfer to a carving board, cover, and let rest 10 minutes before carving.
- Shopsmart: Annatto paste is a Mexican flavoring composed of ground annatto, or achiote, seeds mixed with herbs-usually oregano-and spices.
- The rust-color paste is then pressed into a compact brick.
- Look for it in the Hispanic section of your grocery.
- Cook's Note: The turkey can be grilled as soon as it's rubbed with the spice paste, and it will be great.
- But if you have time, let it marinate-it will be awesome.
gallon water, kosher salt, brown sugar, turkey, paste, garlic, oregano, ground coriander, freshly ground black pepper, kosher salt, ground allspice, orange, extravirgin olive oil
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/butterflied-turkey-with-yucatan-rub-recipe2.html (may not work)