BEST SILVER PALATE RECIPES RECIPES

Steps:

• "1. Make the stuffing for the turkey. 2. Wash the turkey well, inspecting for pinfeathers, and chop off the wing tips, reserving them for later use with giblets in gravy or stock. Dry the turkey inside and out with a kitchen towel. 3. Slice oranges in half. Squeeze the juice all over the outside of the bird and rub into the cavity to refreshen. Salt and pepper the cavity to taste. Fill the turkey with the stuffing, not packing too tightly. Sew up the cavity or close with small trussing skewers. 4. Rub the outside of the turkey all over with 1 1/2 sticks of softened butter and sprinkle generously with salt, pepper and paprika. Drape the turkey with cheesecloth. 5. Place turkey, breast side up, on a rack in a roasting pan. 6. Four to five hours before serving is scheduled, place the turkey in a preheated 325? oven. 7. Melt the remaining 4 tablespoons of butter with 4 tablespoons of corn oil in a saucepan. Lift the cheesecloth from the turkey and baste every 30 minutes, first with the butter and oil mixture and later with the turkeys own juices.* 8. Roast for 3? to 4? hours or until the thigh juices run clear yellow when pricked with a skewer. There should be no traces of pinkness. The drumstick will move easily in the socket when the turkey is done. 9. When the turkey is done, remove to a heated platter and cover with foil. The turkey should stand 30 minutes before carving. 10. Remove stuffing into a bowl. If there is any additional from the recipe, bake it in a covered cassarole in a 350? oven, covered with foil, for one half hour before serving. 11. Serve the turkey on a large platter. Be sure you have sharp knives and a good carver among the group. Enjoy! *For a moist bird, frequent basting is essential, so dont forget! Baste every 30 minutes---breast and legs should be a lovely golden color. "

Steps:

• Place a rack in middle of oven; preheat to 350°. Butter and flour Bundt pan. Sift baking powder, salt, and 2 cups flour into a medium bowl.
• Mix pecans, cinnamon, and ½ cup sugar in another medium bowl.
• Using an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat remaining 2 cups sugar and 1 cup butter in a large bowl until incorporated and smooth. Add eggs, beating well to combine and scraping down bowl, then beat in sour cream and vanilla.
• Reduce mixer speed to low and beat flour mixture into butter mixture, increasing speed to medium-low if needed, until just blended. Do not overbeat.
• Scrape half of batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle evenly with half of pecan mixture. Spread remaining batter over; smooth top, then sprinkle with remaining pecan mixture.
• Bake cake until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, 50–55 minutes. Let cool 20–30 minutes. Invert onto a platter and serve warm.
• Note: This cake was not tested by the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen.