# Roast Turkey with Maple-Butter Glaze

A festive recipe for roasted turkey with a sweet maple-butter glaze, perfect for Christmas celebrations.

- Cuisine: American
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 Turkey
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 dash balsamic vinegar
- 2 slices butter
- 1 strip orange peel
- 1 bunch rosemary
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 pinch black pepper
- 1 handful parsley
- 1 handful sage
- 1 handful thyme
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- 4 slices butter
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch black pepper
- 1 onion
- 1 cup white wine
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 tablespoon flour

## Instructions

1. Unwrap the turkey.
2. Place the turkey on a wire rack in a roasting pan.
3. Season the turkey with salt.
4. Rub the salt into the turkey.
5. Peel an orange.
6. Tie rosemary, thyme, and orange peel together with string.
7. Add balsamic glaze to a pot.
8. Add butter, the herb and orange peel bundle, garlic, and salt to the pot.
9. Cook the mixture until it bubbles and thickens slightly.
10. Pour the glaze into a bowl and stir.
11. Chop parsley, sage, and rosemary.
12. Zest a lemon.
13. Combine butter, chopped herbs, lemon zest, salt, and black pepper in a bowl.
14. Mix the herb butter until well combined.
15. Remove the turkey from the refrigerator.
16. Pat the turkey dry with paper towels.
17. Stuff onion into the turkey cavity.
18. Loosen the skin of the turkey.
19. Spread the herb butter under the turkey skin.
20. Rub the herb butter all over the turkey.
21. Drizzle olive oil over the turkey.
22. Brush the oil over the turkey.
23. Place the turkey in the oven to roast.
24. Remove the turkey from the oven.
25. Brush the turkey with the maple-butter glaze.
26. Return the turkey to the oven.
27. Remove the turkey from the oven again.
28. Brush the turkey with more glaze.
29. Remove the onion from the turkey cavity.
30. Pour the drippings from the roasting pan into a pot.
31. Add oil and flour to a separate pot.
32. Whisk to form a roux.
33. Pour white wine into the roux.
34. Whisk until combined.
35. Add chicken broth to the pot.
36. Whisk until combined.
37. Add the turkey drippings to the sauce.
38. Whisk until the gravy thickens.
39. Pour the gravy into a measuring cup.
40. Place the roasted turkey on a cutting board.
41. Remove the legs from the turkey.
42. Slice the turkey breast.
43. Arrange the sliced turkey on a platter.
44. Garnish with fresh herbs and orange slices.
45. Drizzle gravy over the sliced turkey.
46. Serve and enjoy.

## Equipment

- roasting pan
- wire rack
- bowl
- pot
- chopping board
- peeler
- knife
- whisk
- measuring cup
- oven
- basting brush
- serving platter

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/@notorious_foodie/video/7313625840804252961?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7575085311002445334
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/253f7543-e2c9-470b-962c-17e9fdf9efc0
- Extracted: 2025-11-21

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