Apple Sage Roast Turkey

Total Time: 3 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup apple cider, plus
• 2 tablespoons apple cider
• 1/3 cup apple jelly
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 (12 lb) fresh or thawed frozen turkey
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 1 bunch fresh sage
• 4 large apples, cored,and cut into wedges
• apple, sliced,for garnish

Recipe

• 1 in small saucepan over medium heat, stir 1/3 cup apple cider, jelly, and butter until the mixture is melted and smooth.
• 2 remove from heat.
• 3 rub the turkey inside and out with the 2 tablespoons apple cider and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• 4 gently loosen the skin over the entire turkey breast by inserting fingertips between skin and flesh.
• 5 slide as many sage leaves as you want under the skin and place the skin back in place.
• 6 stuff the neck and body cavities of turkey loosely with apple wedges and some more sage leaves, making sure to reserve a few for garnish.
• 7 close both cavities with skewers.
• 8 truss the turkey and brush with cider mixture.
• 9 roast according to weight.
• 10 serve the turkey garnished with reserved sage leaves and additional apple slices.