Pomegranate Sticky Wings
17th November 2015
Walnut and Coconut Whipped Sweet Potato Casserole
8th December 2015
Ingredients
- 10-12 lb turkey
- garlic powder
- ground dried thyme
- fresh rosemary, sage, thyme, and marjoram finely chopped
- 1/2 cup organic chicken stock
- 1/2 cup good quality home made BBQ sauce
Wild mushroom butter:
- 1 1/4 cups dried wild mushrooms
- 1/4 lb melted coconut oil
Home made BBQ sauce ingredients:
- 1 onion minced
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 6 oz tomato paste
- 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 cup homemade ketchup
- 3 tbsp homemade mustard
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 pinch ground cloves
- 1 pinch Cinnamon
- smoked paprika to taste
- hot sauce to taste (check the ingredients and chose a high-quality sauce)
Servings:
Instructions
Preparation of BBQ sauce
- In a large frying pan, with a bit of coconut oil, brown the onion for about 4 minutes.
- Add the garlic and cook for another minute.
- Add all the other ingredients and simmer for 30 minutes.
- Taste the sauce and adjust with more smoked paprika, vinegar or hot sauce to the desired taste.
- Cool and store in the refrigerator.
- Preheat your oven to 450 F.
- Grind the dried mushrooms in a coffee grinder to a powder. Mix that powder in a bowl with the melted coconut oil.
- Clean your turkey and pat dry. Check the body and neck cavities.
- Cut the skin at a few places on the bird and place some of the wild mushroom butter between the skin and the flesh with a small spoon or a kitchen syringe.
- Season the bird generously with garlic powder, dried thyme, the fresh herbs or poultry mix and black pepper.
- Spread the rest of the mushroom butter on the surface of the turkey.
- Place a sheet of foil loosely over the turkey and put it in the oven.
- Reduce the heat to 350 F immediately after putting the turkey in the oven. Cook for about 18 minutes per pound; in this case, 3 ½ hours. Season with salt and pepper after 30 minutes of cooking.
- Baste the bird about every 20 minutes to make sure the meat stays moist. You can remove the aluminum foil an hour before the end of the cooking process to obtain a golden and crispy skin.
- Remove the turkey from the oven when fully cooked. Take it out of the roasting pan and set aside, cover it.
- Let it set for about 20 minutes while you prepare the sauce.
- Place the pan on the stove top on a medium heat and deglaze with the chicken stock. Add the BBQ sauce.
- Bring to a boil, then remove from the heat.
- Serve the sauce immediately with the turkey.
