Roasted Turkey With Balsamic Brown Sugar Sauce Recipe

Ingredients:

=== TURKEY ===
15 lb turkey, thawed if frozen
1 tbsp olive oil
4 sprigs fresh rosemary
3 garlic cloves - (to 4)
Freshly-ground black pepper, to taste
=== SAUCE ===
1 cup balsamic vinegar
1 cup defatted pan drippings
3 tbsp brown sugar

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
Rinse turkey inside and out. Pat dry with paper towels. Place breast-side
up on a rack in a roasting pan. Rub the turkey with the oil, a sprig of
rosemary and garlic cloves. Place all of the rosemary and garlic inside
the bird. Loosely tie the legs together. Place into the middle of the
oven.
When the skin is light golden (after about 1 1/2 hours) cover the breast
with a tent of foil to prevent overcooking the breast. Check for doneness
after the bird has roasted about 3 to 3 1/2 hours. Turkey is done when:
thigh muscle is pierced deeply (juices run clear) -- 180 to 185 degrees or
breast muscle reaches 170 to 175 degrees.
Remove turkey from oven. Let it stand about 20 minutes to allow juices to
settle in the meat. Deglaze the pan by adding 1/2 cup water; stir to
scrape up browned bits. Pour pan drippings into a gravy separator.
Reserve 1 cup of defatted pan drippings for sauce.
For the Sauce: Combine the vinegar, defatted pan drippings and brown sugar
in a pan or microwaveable dish. Warm the sauce until the flavor is just
released -- 15 seconds in microwave oven, or over low heat on stove until
steam "escapes." (Do NOT boil). Carve the turkey; drizzle with a spoonful
of the warmed sauce.
Yield: 10 servings (with leftovers).
Comments: Instead of adding fat during cooking and serving the turkey
covered with gravy, this roasted bird is complemented with a refreshing,
aged Italian vinegar-brown sugar sauce.
Nutritional Analysis Per Serving: Calories 255; Fat (grams) 7; Percent
calories from fat 25; Percent polyunsaturated 9; Percent saturated 6;
Percent monounsaturated 10; Cholesterol (milligrams) 85; Sodium
(milligrams) 90; Protein (grams) 33; Carbohydrate (grams) 15; Fiber
(grams) trace.


Source:
"Mayo Clinic's Virtual Cookbook at http://www.mayohealth.org"
S(Formatted for MC5):
"12-13-1999 by Joe Comiskey - jcomiskey@krypto.net"

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Per serving: 888 Calories (kcal); 45g Total Fat; (46% calories from fat);
110g Protein; 4g Carbohydrate; 366mg Cholesterol; 351mg Sodium
Food Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 15 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 1/2
Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates

NOTES : Diabetics or those on calorie-controlled diets may count one
serving as: 5 meat, 1 fruit serving.
Weight Watcher points calculated at 6
Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Preparation Time: 0:00

Servings: 10