Name: Maple Mustard Glazed Turkey
Prep time: 39 min
Cook time: 240 min
Total time: 279 min
Yield: 6 -8
Ingredients: 2 gallons of water; 3/4 cup kosher salt; 1/3 cup sugar; 2 onions (, diced); 3 celery ribs (, diced); 3 carrots (, diced); 1 whole garlic bulb (, cut in a half); 6 strings of rosemary; 6 strings of sage; 6 bay leaves; 2 tablespoons of coriander seeds; 2 tablespoons of fennel seeds; 1 teaspoon of crushed red pepper; 11-15 pound turkey; 2 sticks unsalted butter; 2 tablespoon fresh rosemary (, chopped); 2 tablespoon fresh sage (, chopped); Kosher salt; 3 carrots (, diced); 2 onions (, diced); 3 celery ribs (, diced); 4-5 gloves of garlic; 6-8 sprigs of fresh thyme (, tied together with 3 bay leaves); 2 cups of white wine; 2 - 2,5 quarts of chicken stock; Kosher salt; 1,5 cups of maple syrup; 2 tablespoons of dijon mustard; 2 tablespoon of horseradish; 1 tablespoon of Ancho chile powder

Jump to Recipe Print Recipe

Author
Recent Posts

Follow me

Edyta

Author at Eating European

Recipe developer, photographer and the writer behind the Eating European food blog of European and Mediterranean healthy and delicious recipes

Follow me

Latest posts by Edyta (see all)

Slow Cooker Cabbage Soup - January 12, 2020
20+ European Christmas Cookie Recipes - December 16, 2019
City Chicken (Polish American Traditional Dish) - December 10, 2019

This Maple Mustard Glazed Turkey is absolutely the best I’ve ever had and the certainly the best I’ve ever made. It brined for 3 days, then it was slathered with a herbed butter, cooked to perfection and then glazed with a Maple Mustard spread. OMG it’s hard to describe just how delicious this recipe is. I’ll try to start from the beginning…

Last Thanksgiving was the first time that I tried this turkey recipe. I found it in the Food Network Magazine; it’s a Anne Burrell speciality. Let me tell you one life lesson that I’ve learned throughout the last few years of my life: whenever you see recipe from Anne, it’s going to be a winner. She’s just THAT good. Obviously she does not mess around when it comes to her turkey. As I’m always receptive to suggestions from the best chefs, I decided to give this wonderful bird a try. Considering how well it went last year, I was originally planning on reviving it. However, one Food Network show introduced me to an alternative recipe that I needed to try to fuse together with my tried Anne recipe. Bobby Flay decided to sneak in and make an appearance on my Thanksgiving table (go figure!). Admittedly this fusion of recipes could have been an epic fail, but it turned out amazingly.

As I previously mentioned, I brined my bird for 3 days in a water full of herbs, spices, and vegetables. I used a brining bag from Bed Bath & Beyond, and every day I rotated the position of my turkey. This assured that all parts were equally brined. Then the night before Thanksgiving I took the bird out, padded it dry and massaged the herbed butter under the bird’s skin. I did not put the butter on top of the skin as I wanted to avoid it harden up. So I then put this turkey, UNCOVERED, into the fridge to let the skin then dry out (it helped make it crispy). After a night of drying, I then re-buttered it the next day, all over the bird, right before going into the oven. Anne’s recipe called for veggies, herbs and wine as a base for the sauce. Once the turkey is done, Anne strained the veggies off and made a gravy using flour. I decided to try it the healthier way and took all the veggies out and blended them to make base for the sauce.

So, as I’d mentioned, I was watching this show on Food Network about Thanksgiving dishes and Bobby made a Roast Turkey with Maple – Mustard Glaze. It looked so good on TV that I really had to try. I was wrestling with my thoughts as to whether or not I should give it a shot. The risk was that Anne’s version was pretty damn good and it’s hard to justify tinkering with a successful recipe. Anyhow, I’ll save you the suspense…I finally decided to be bold and go for it. As this post testifies, I definitely don’t regret doing so. This Maple Mustard Glazed Turkey turned out to be phenomenal! So, moral of the story, try this combined Anne and Bobby recipe and be prepared to just utterly gorge yourself. Save this recipe, it will change your Holidays for the better.