Maple-Whiskey Turkey - Chefwiz.com

Ingredients

• 3 cups of whiskey
• Approximately 3 cups of pure maple syrup (two 12.5-ounce bottles)
• 1 cup of kosher salt
• 3 tablespoons of tricolor peppercorns
• 5 bay leaves
• 5 cloves of minced garlic
• Leaves Leaves stripped off 4 sprigs of fresh rosemary
• Large strips of peel from 3 large oranges
• Peel from 2 red apples
• Peel from 2 green apples
• 1 thawed (if frozen) 15to 20-pound turkey (not self-basting or enhanced)
• 2 sticks of softened butter
• Optional Maple-Whiskey Gravy for serving (recipe follows)
• Turkey giblets and neck from 1 turkey (discard the liver)
• 1/4 cup of turkey fat from drippings, plus more if needed
• 1/3 cup of all-purpose flour, plus more if needed
• 1/4 cup of whiskey
• 6 cups of low-sodium chicken broth
• 1/4 cup of pure maple syrup
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper