[youtube:5133moUGDgQ?fs=1;Thanksgiving Dinner;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5133moUGDgQ?fs=1&feature=related]The month November has arrived and it's time for celebrating the Thanksgiving Day. Thanksgiving is synonymous with festive meals, parades, football, family and friends, and, of course, turkey. So, its moment to search the internet or cookbook to get various mouth-watering dishes for the occasion of Thanksgiving day. In this article I have tried to give a new and delicious recipe which I am sure will be liked by everybody in your family.
Thanksgiving Day, that is also known as Turkey Day, is in fact a harvest festival which is celebrated in United States, Canada and other countries.
Consuming turkey on Thanksgiving Day is a part of tradition and custom. Of course, there could be reasons for eating turkey on the festive day of Thanksgiving. Whatever may be the reason, it's a fact that wild turkey is definitely a wonderful delicacy which one can enjoy on the auspicious Thanksgiving Day.
Well, you must be very eager to know some delicious turkey recipes. You can try the given below recipe for this Thanksgiving Day.
With this recipe, that is referred as as cranberry orange stuffed turkey, you can add little spice to the Thanksgiving recipe and serve the dish with flavorsome sauce. To start with, you will need 18-20 pound fresh turkey. For stuffing, you will require; 3 cups cranberries, 1-1/2 cup orange juice, cup sugar, 1 cup melted butter, 1 package herb seasoned cubed stuffing, 3 cups celery, 2 medium sized chopped onions tsp pepper, tsp all spice along with few salt to taste.
For preparing sauce, you will require 2 packages of frozen cranberry-orange sauce along with cup orange juice.
First, you can mix cranberries, sugar along with orange juice in 3 quart pan and start cooking them on medium-high heat. Keep stirring them until cranberries pop and sugar dissolves. On the other hand you can mix up the other remaining ingredients of stuffing in a bowl and also make sure to preheat your oven to 325degrees. Combine the cranberries mixture with the stuffing mixtures and mix them properly. Now you can start stuffing the turkey with the stuffing mixture. Once you are done with the stuffing, you require to keep the stuffed turkey in a roasting pan and bake it as directed on the packet of the turkey. On the whole it takes 4-5 hours for turkey to be fully cooked. You can also insert the meat thermometer inside the turkey and check whether it is cooked or not. If the thermometer is reading 180 degrees in thigh, then you can take away the turkey from the oven.
On the other hand, do not forget to make sauce which you are going to serve with the turkey. You can combine all the sauce ingredients in a saucepan and cook on medium heat, say for 5-6 minutes.
Serve your cranberry- orange stuffed turkey with the yummy sauce and ENJOY!
Go ahead with this easy recipe and have a great Thanksgiving Day.
Take a look at the free Thanksgiving Cookbook. You can also take a look at some yummy apple pie recipes