Cooking Times

60 min
Prep Time
200 min
Cook Time
260 min
Total Time

Ingredients (11 items)

12.00 lbs Whole turkey
2.00 cups Orange juice
fresh
0.50 cup Cachaça
or white rum
0.50 cup Brown sugar
1.00 lb Bacon
diced
3.00 cups Cassava flour
for farofa
1.00 cup Prunes
chopped
1.00 cup Raisins
2.00 large Onion
diced
6.00 cloves Garlic
0.50 cup Butter

Instructions (8 steps)

1
Marinate turkey in orange juice, cachaça, garlic for 4 hours.
240 minutes
2
Make glaze by reducing marinade with brown sugar by half.
15 minutes
3
Fry bacon until crispy. Add onions and sauté until golden.
10 minutes
4
Add cassava flour, toast until golden. Mix in prunes and raisins.
8 minutes
5
Stuff turkey loosely with farofa mixture. Truss and butter skin.
6
Roast at 325°F, basting with glaze every 30 minutes.
180 minutes
7
Cook until internal temp 165°F. Apply final glaze coat.
8
Rest 20 minutes before carving. Serve with extra farofa.
20 minutes