Awesome Tangerine-Glazed Turkey

Rating: 4.27 stars
37 Ratings
  • 5 star values: 23
  • 4 star values: 6
  • 3 star values: 4
  • 2 star values: 3
  • 1 star values: 1

I guarantee that you will receive rave reviews on Thanksgiving Day with this recipe! Garnish with fresh thyme, rosemary, and bay leaf. The turkey is stuffed with Awesome Sausage, Apple, and Dried Cranberry Stuffing.

By Stacy M. Polcyn

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Recipe Summary

prep:
45 mins
cook:
3 hrs 30 mins
total:
4 hrs 15 mins
Servings:
13
Yield:
1 (10 pound) turkey
Nutrition Info
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Ingredients

13
Original recipe yields 13 servings
The ingredient list now reflects the servings specified

Directions

  • Melt 6 tablespoons butter with canola oil and tangerine juice in a saucepan over medium heat. Remove from heat, and allow to cool about 5 minutes. Soak a piece of cheesecloth large enough to drape over the turkey in the mixture.

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  • Preheat oven to 425 degrees F ( 220 degrees C).Clean turkey, and season body cavity with salt and pepper. Loosely pack the neck cavity and body cavity with stuffing. Tie drumsticks together, spread 6 tablespoons butter over the turkey, and season with salt and pepper. Place turkey in a shallow roasting pan.

  • Roast turkey for 25 minutes in the preheated oven, and then arrange soaked cheesecloth over turkey. Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees F (110 degrees C). Continue roasting 1 hour. Leaving the cheesecloth draped over the turkey, baste with the tangerine juice mixture. Continue roasting about 2 hours, basting occasionally, until the internal temperature of the thickest part of the thigh reaches 180 degrees F (80 degrees C) and the stuffing inside the body cavity reaches 165 degrees F (70 degrees C). Discard cheesecloth, and place turkey on a serving platter. Allow turkey to cool about 25 minutes before carving.

  • Skim fat from pan juices, and reserve 1/4 cup fat and skimmed pan juices. In the baking pan, mix pan juices with 1 cup turkey stock; cook over high heat, stirring to scrape the bottom of the pan.

  • In a saucepan over low heat, whisk together reserved 1/4 cup fat and flour until thickened, about 3 minutes. Stir in pan juices and remaining turkey stock, and add neck and giblets. Simmer 10 minutes, stirring constantly, until giblets are cooked through. Strain through a sieve, and serve with the turkey and stuffing.

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:
807 calories; protein 74g; carbohydrates 8.9g; fat 51.1g; cholesterol 255.9mg; sodium 316.1mg. Full Nutrition
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CGROFF
Rating: 5 stars
01/09/2004
I am usually not a big fan of turkey but wanting to cook a traditional yet unusual dinner for Thanksgiving I tried this recipe. Am I glad I did. I'm sold! It was the best turkey I ever had. I will never cook turkey any other way. Read More
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UTOPIA122
Rating: 3 stars
01/09/2004
This recipe gave the turkey the prettiest color I have ever seen. But the cheese cloth had to be basted about every hour and I ended up taking it off and covering the turkey with foil for the last two hours of cooking. I found that the moistness of the turkey was not really that much different than what I usually get and most of the flavor was in the skin instead of in the meat. Maybe injecting the turkey would allow more of the flavor to come out. Probably won't do this recipe again but it was nice to try something different. Read More
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37 Ratings
  • 5 star values: 23
  • 4 star values: 6
  • 3 star values: 4
  • 2 star values: 3
  • 1 star values: 1
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UTOPIA122
Rating: 3 stars
01/09/2004
This recipe gave the turkey the prettiest color I have ever seen. But the cheese cloth had to be basted about every hour and I ended up taking it off and covering the turkey with foil for the last two hours of cooking. I found that the moistness of the turkey was not really that much different than what I usually get and most of the flavor was in the skin instead of in the meat. Maybe injecting the turkey would allow more of the flavor to come out. Probably won't do this recipe again but it was nice to try something different. Read More
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CGROFF
Rating: 5 stars
01/09/2004
I am usually not a big fan of turkey but wanting to cook a traditional yet unusual dinner for Thanksgiving I tried this recipe. Am I glad I did. I'm sold! It was the best turkey I ever had. I will never cook turkey any other way. Read More
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TINY POEM
Rating: 5 stars
11/17/2002
Used this recipe for our very first Christmas turkey dinner (we're newlyweds). My mother-in-law was impressed. The directions as written are not that easy to understand though. Read More
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CHEAD_9
Rating: 5 stars
01/14/2004
This recipe couldn't have been more perfect! I used it to introduce my British boyfriend and flatmates to Thanksgiving dinner and it was my first time cooking it as well. Couldn't find tangerine juice so used juice from clementines instead and it still came out perfect. We also used the Sausage Apple & Cranberry stuffing which was the perfect complement. Whether you like classic or offbeat whether it's your first or 30th Thanksgiving I recommend this recipe. Read More
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SMARTIES
Rating: 2 stars
12/19/2002
Tastefull but too greasy Read More
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TKP123
Rating: 2 stars
10/09/2003
I made this turkey today for an early Xmas get-together (12/14/02) and it was so-so. The tangerines and flavor allegedly described in this recipe were not tasted at all. Anyway what WAS A HIT was the Awesome cranberry and sausage stuffing - the web link for this recipe is on the same page as "Awesome Tangerine-Glazed Turkey". WOW - people loved that stuffing and the rosemary sage cranberries celery sausage ingredients were GREAT tasting! See my review on the stuffing page - it was just simply delicious and mouth-watering. Not only did I love the stuffing so did my other 9 relatives!!! Try the stuffing! Read More
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GUYMICHIELSENS
Rating: 5 stars
09/04/2003
It is indeed out-of-this world!!! Everyone loved it. Read More
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MERRIMAN
Rating: 5 stars
01/09/2004
This was the juiciest turkey that I have ever made and very tasty. Guests really enjoyed it. Read More
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mom23boysn1girl
Rating: 4 stars
11/26/2006
I couldn't find tangerine juice so I substituted orange-tangerine juice instead. Although I couldn't taste any tangerine in the turkey my family said that this was the most moist turkey they have ever had. The gravy however was REALLY lacking in flavor.....definitely needed some extra spices to make it better. Read More
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