Sugar-And-Spice Cured Turkey - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (12 lb) turkey
1/4 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
2 tablespoons kosher salt or 2 tablespoons coarse-grain sea salt
1 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground mace
1 large onion, quartered
2 (14 ounce) cans low sodium chicken broth
additional chicken broth, as required
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

Preparation

Remove giblets and neck; rinse turkey with cold water.
Pat dry.
Tie legs together with string; tuck wingtips under.
Combine brown sugar and next 6 ingredients.
Rub over turkey.
Cover with plastic wrap; chill 8 hours.
Place turkey on a rack in a roasting pan, breast side up.
Arrange onion quarters round turkey.
Pour 2 cans broth in bottom of pan.
Bake, loosely covered with foil, at 325\u00b0F for 1 1/2 hours.
Uncover and bake 1 1/2 more hours or until meat thermometer registers 180\u00b0F.
(Cover with foil to prevent excessive browning, if necessary.) Remove onion; discard, reserving pan drippings.
Let turkey stand 15 minutes before carving.
Combine pan drippings and enough additional chicken broth to equal 2 cups in a saucepan over medium heat.
Whisk in flour, and cook, whisking constantly, 5 minutes or until thickened.
Serve with turkey.