Pilgrim's Thanksgiving Turkey 

     
This recipe won first prize in The 1988 Old Farmer's Almanac Recipe Contest. 

The recipe was submitted by Mrs. Jean Roczniak from Rochester, Minnesota.

Ingredients

1-1/2 cups fresh cranberries

4 cups cooked wild rice

1/3 cup melted butter or margarine

1/3 cup golden corn syrup

1 small onion, grated

1 shallot, minced

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon marjoram

1/8 teaspoon pepper

1/8 teaspoon mace

1/8 teaspoon basil

8- to 10-pound turkey

8 slices smoked bacon

Grind the cranberries coarsely or chop. Add the remaining ingredients except 

turkey and bacon and cook for 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Cool. Stuff the 

turkey with the rice mixture and truss the bird. Place the turkey on a rack in 

a roasting pan. Cover the breast with bacon slices and roast at 325° F, basting 

from time to time, for about 3 to 4 hours, or until the thigh meat is fork tender. 

Serves 8 to 10.