Portuguese Turkey With Bread Stuffing

Name: Portuguese Turkey With Bread Stuffing
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h 20 min
Yield: 20 servings
Cuisine: portuguese
Ingredients: 2 12-pound turkeys; Salt to taste; 2 bottles dry white wine; 8 large cloves garlic; 2 tablespoons sweet Hungarian paprika; 4 bay leaves; 2 tablespoons hot pepper sauce; 2 teaspoons fresh oregano leaves; Turkey stuffing (see recipe); Bread crusts to cover cavity opening; 1 pound sliced bacon, cut into 1-inch pieces

By Isabel Costa

Updated Oct. 12, 2023

Total Time: 3 hours 20 minutes
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 3 hours
Rating: 4(5)
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Ingredients

Yield:20 servings

212-pound turkeys
Salt to taste
2bottles dry white wine
8large cloves garlic
2tablespoons sweet Hungarian paprika
4bay leaves
2tablespoons hot pepper sauce
2teaspoons fresh oregano leaves
Turkey stuffing (see recipe)
Bread crusts to cover cavity opening
1pound sliced bacon, cut into 1-inch pieces

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Preparation

Step 1
Soak turkeys in salted water under refrigeration for 24 hours.
Step 2
Combine wine, garlic, paprika, bay leaves, salt, hot pepper sauce and oregano. Marinate turkeys in this mixture for 24 hours under refrigeration. Turn occasionally.
Step 3
When ready to cook, preheat oven to 450 degrees. Remove turkeys from marinade, reserving marinade. Pack turkeys loosely with stuffing and cover openings of cavities with bread crusts; sew cavities closed. Bake remaining stuffing separately during the last half-hour turkeys are roasting.
Step 4
Wrap turkey wings in foil. Put turkeys into roasting pans and top with pieces of bacon, putting some beneath turkeys as well. Pour reserved marinade over turkeys.
Step 5
Roast turkeys for 30 minutes; reduce heat to 350 degrees and roast turkeys about 2½ hours more. If turkeys get too brown before they are cooked, put aluminum foil over the top. If turkeys are roasted in a single oven, they may need 30 minutes or more of extra roasting time.