Roast Turkey With Apple Cider Glaze

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By Olga Massov

Skip the basting and usage an pome cider glaze for a delicious roast turkey without overmuch fuss. A elemental three-ingredient seasoning containing conscionable salt, capsicum and crushed sage (thyme oregon rosemary would besides enactment well) seasons the turkey, which gets an archetypal blast of precocious vigor to adust retired and crisp up the skin. Then the oven somesthesia is lowered to 350 degrees and a foil “shield” is created to support the achromatic nutrient from drying out. A simplification of pome cider serves arsenic some a glaze toward the extremity of roasting and a gravy replacement to travel the sliced turkey tableside. For much turkey tips, work our Thanksgiving FAQ. If you're watching your sodium intake, little the magnitude of brackish utilized oregon don't devour the skin.

You volition request a probe thermometer for this recipe.

Adapted from a 1970 Washington Post recipe.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 12-15

For the turkey

One (15-pound) full turkey, defrosted if frozen, giblets and cervix removed and saved for different usage (see Notes)
1 tablespoonful positive 3/4 spoon good salt
1 spoon freshly crushed achromatic pepper
1 spoon crushed sage
2 tablespoons neutral lipid suitable for high-heat cooking, specified arsenic canola oregon avocado, positive much arsenic needed

For the pome cider glaze

1 gallon unfiltered pome cider

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (8 ounces), based connected 15

Calories
774
Fat
30 g
Saturated Fat
6 g
Carbohydrates
30 g
Sodium
1060 mg
Cholesterol
320 mg
Protein
96 g
Fiber
1 g
Sugar
26 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from a 1970 Washington Post recipe.

Tested by Olga Massov.

Published March 10, 2026