What am I thankful for this year?Well basically, I'm thankful for you. ~ Thanks for reading Golf Girl's Diary... Thanks for commenting too. I love to hear your feedback and suggestions.
If you happen to be looking for a last minute Turkey recipe, I invented this one in early fall and we'll be using it tomorrow.
It's based on the refreshing cocktail inspired by the legendary golfer. The turkey is steeped in a marinade consisting of unsweetened tea and lemonade plus a couple of herbs and spices.
The Arnold Palmer Turkey
Ingredients
Arnold Palmer Marinade:
1 tablespoon grated orange peel
2 cups of unsweetened tea
2 cups of lemonade
8 cloves garlic, crushed
1 tablespoon red pepper flakes
8 sprigs fresh rosemary
8 sprigs fresh thyme
2 tablespoons whole black peppercorns
½ cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 (12 to 14 pound) turkey
1½ teaspoons kosher salt
Coarsely ground black pepper
Instructions
1. Combine all marinade ingredients in disposable aluminum roasting pan, large enough to hold the turkey and to allow the marinade to rise high enough to coat about half the turkey. Rinse turkey well and pat dry. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place in marinade. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours, or overnight, turning turkey several times to evenly marinate.
2. Preheat oven to 450F.
3. Remove turkey from marinade and place in a roasting pan. Strain marinade, reserving solids and liquid. Stuff solids into the cavity of turkey. Pour liquid around turkey in pan. Roast 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350F and continue roasting, basting turkey every 30 minutes with pan juices, until internal temperature reaches 180F on a meat thermometer, about 15 to 20 minutes per pound. Let turkey stand 10 minutes before carving. It's amazingly delicious.
Enjoy!
Very interesting recipe. It's quite different from my mother's traditional recipe that I'm used to make. Despite the fact that Canadian Thanksgiving was few weeks ago, this recipe can be inspiration for the next year Thanksgiving. Thanks for sharing it.
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving,
Julie
Happy Thanksgiving Golf Girl! Love the Arnie Turkey recipe. We'll try it at Christmas.
ReplyDeleteHappy Turkey Day. For my version of this recipe I'm going to add just one thing: 1/2 cup of vodka. That makes it the Drunken Arnie Turkey.
ReplyDeleteMy Brother's family marinates turkey in coke. It's excellent. :)
ReplyDeletehey gg, thank's to you for a fantastic golf blog, and your impressive dedication to the task! It is greatly appreciated. x p.s. i'll check out the palmer recipee at xmas
ReplyDeleteAnd of course nothing finishes off a meal like a cool smooth Lucky Strike... Or have I missed the point of the picture there?
ReplyDeleteWe don't have thanksgiving over here, but some of my American friends at college used to celebrate it and we'd join in. Anything which is celebrated with a turkey dinner is great in my book. Hope you have a good one!