Orange-Herbed Roast Turkey
- 1 orange
- 1 tablespoon light-brown sugar or 1 tablespoon light-brown sugar substitute
- 1 12 teaspoons poultry seasoning
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 bunch green onion
- 1 cup fresh parsley, chopped (reserve stems)
- 1 (17 lb) turkey
- 12 cup milk
- 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 34 teaspoon salt
- 12 teaspoon poultry seasoning
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Remove rind from orange with a vegetable peeler, avoiding bitter white pith.
- Finely chop rind.
- Cut orange in half; juice orange halves.
- Reserve juice for making gravy; reserve orange halves.
- Combine rind, brown sugar/brown sugar substitute, poultry seasoning and salt in a small bowl.
- Finely chop white part of green onions; reserve green part.
- Add chopped green onions and chopped parsley to rind mixture.
- Remove neck and giblets from turkey cavity.
- With your fingers, carefully loosen skin around turkey breast and legs.
- Spread rind mixture under the skin.
- Place parsley stems, green onion ends and orange halves in turkey cavity.
- Place turkey on a rack in a large roasting pan.
- Place neck and gizzards in bottom of pan.
- Loosely tent turkey with aluminum foil.
- Roast in heated 350 degree oven 3-1/2 hours or until an instant-read thermometer registers an internal temperature of 180 degrees F in innermost part of thigh and 170 degrees in breast.
- Remove turkey to a platter.
- Discard neck and gizzard.
- Cover loosely with foil; let stand 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, prepare gravy: Scrape pan drippings into a 1-quart liquid measuring cup.
- Skim off fat.
- Add water to equal 4 cups.
- Pour into a medium-size saucepan along with reserved orange juice.
- Bring to simmering.
- Whisk together milk, flour, salt and poultry seasoning in a small bowl until smooth.
- Stir into saucepan.
- Simmer over medium-high heat, stirring, 4 minutes or until gravy is thickened.
- Serve with carved turkey.
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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/orange-herbed-roast-turkey-5346 (may not work)