Sugar-and-Spice Cured Turkey

Ingredients

• 0.3 cup firmly brown sugar light packed
• 10 servings additional chicken broth 
• 28 ounce chicken broth low-sodium canned
• 2 tablespoons flour all-purpose
• 0.5 teaspoon garlic powder 
• 0.5 teaspoon ground allspice 
• 0.5 teaspoon ground cloves 
• 0.5 teaspoon mace 
• 1 large onion quartered
• 1 teaspoon onion powder 
• 1 sprigs garnishes: rosemary apple fresh
• 2 tablespoons sea salt coarse-grain
• 12 pound turkey whole

Equipment

• frying pan
• sauce pan
• oven
• whisk
• plastic wrap
• roasting pan
• kitchen thermometer
• aluminum foil

Directions

1. Remove giblets and neck; rinse turkey with cold water. Pat dry. Tie legs together with string; tuck wingtips under.
2. Combine brown sugar and next 6 ingredients. Rub over turkey. Cover with plastic wrap; chill 8 hours.
3. Place turkey on a rack in a roasting pan, breast side up. Arrange onion quarters around turkey.
4. Pour 2 cans broth in bottom of pan.
5. Bake, loosely covered with foil, at 325 for 1 1/2 hours. Uncover and bake 1 1/2 more hours or until meat thermometer registers 18
6. (Cover with foil to prevent excessive browning, if necessary.)
7. Remove onion; discard, reserving pan drippings.
8. Let turkey stand 15 minutes before carving.
9. Combine pan drippings and enough chicken broth to equal 2 cups in a saucepan over medium heat.
10. Whisk in flour, and cook, whisking constantly, 5 minutes or until thickened.
11. Serve with turkey.
12. Garnish, if desired.