Drunken Turkey

Recipe Type:	Non Veg.
Difficulty:	Average

Ingredients:

• 1, 12 lb Turkey
• 32 Ounces mixed dried fruit
• 4 Orange, juiced
• 4 Granny smith apples
• 3 Cup grand marnier
• 3 Cup tequila
• 1 Cup golden raisins
• 1 Cup chiles chipotles
• 2 Sticks unsalted butter, cut into 1-inch wedges

Cooking Instructions:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Wash turkey and pat dry thoroughly with paper towel then set aside.
• Mix dried fruit, raisins, and apples in a medium size bowl.
• Put juice and chilies, with sauce that clings to them into a blender or food processor and process for 1 minute.
• Add 1 cup each of tequila and grand marnier, then pour the mixture over the fruit and let rest 15 minutes.
• Bleed dry the fruit, preserving the liquid.
• Cut half the butter into half inch pieces and mix with the fruit.
• Stuff cavity of the turkey with the fruit.
• Place the turkey in a roasting bag, arrange remaining fruit on top of the bird and pour preserved orange juice-liquor mix over it.
• Mix remaining tequila and grand marnier.
• Have ready a basting syringe fitted with a metal injection nozzle and inject the mixture all over the turkey.
• Fry remaining butter and carefully pour over the turkey in the roasting bag.
• Close bag and cut 1/4 inch slit on the top to let steam escape.
• Place a roasting pan and roast for about two and half hours.
• Every 30 minutes open bag, being careful to protect your face from steam and inject more liquor, eventually using it up.
• When ready open the bag, put the turkey on a platter and scoop out the fruit stuffing.
• Strain the juices that have accumulated in the bag, skim off any fat, and carve.
• Drunken Turkey is ready.