DRUNKEN TURKEY

      Title: DRUNKEN TURKEY
  Categories: Turkey, Alcohol, Holiday, Poultry
       Yield: 8 Servings
  
      12 lb Turkey
       2 lb Mixed dried fruit
       1 c  Golden raisins
       4 ea Granny Smith apples,
       4 ea Oranges, juice from
       1 cn (92.5 oz) chiles chipotles
       3 c  Tequila
       3 c  Grand Marnier
       2 ea Sticks unsalted butter
            -cut into 1-inch wedges
  
   Preheat oven to 325~F. Rinse turkey and pat dry inside and out. Set
   aside. Combine dried fruit, raisins, and apples in a medium-size
   bowl. Put orange juice and chiles (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. Drain the fruit, reserving the liquid.
   Cut half the butter into 1/2-inch pieces and combine with the fruit.
   Stuff cavity of the turkey with most of the fruit. Place the turkey
   in a roasting bag, arrange remaining fruit on top of the bird and
   pour reserved orange juice-liquor mix over it. Combine remaining
   tequila and Grand Marnier. Have ready a basting syringe fitted with a
   metal injection nozzle and inject the mixture all over the turkey.
   Melt remaining butter and carefully pour over the turkey in the
   roasting bag. Seal bag and cut 1/4-inch slit on the top to let steam
   escape. Place in a roasting pan and roast for 2 1/2 hours. Every 30
   minutes open bag (being careful to shield your face from steam) and
   inject more liquor, eventually using it up. When ready to serve, slit
   open bag, arrange turkey on a platter, and scoop out the fruit
   stuffing. Place all the fruit in a serving bowl. Strain the juices
   that have accumulated in the bag, skim off any fat, and serve in a
   gravy boat. Serves 8 to 10
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