Mexican Thanksgiving Turkey

Ingredients

• 12 garlic cloves unpeeled
• 6 tablespoons achiote paste seasoned, from a bar, preferably not from a jar
• 4 cups chicken broth
• 4 cups bitter orange juice or a mixture of 1 cup each freshly squeezed orange juice, grapefruit juice, lime juice, and distilled white…
• 1 tablespoon dried oregano preferably Mexican
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon ground allspice
• 2 teaspoons coarse sea salt or kosher, or to taste
• 2 teaspoons ground black pepper freshly
• 18 pounds turkey patted dry
• turkey A heavy-duty plastic bag large enough to hold the
• unsalted butter for the baking dish
• 4 red onions sliced
• 8 tomatoes ripe, about 2 pounds, coarsely chopped, or one 28-ounce can whole tomatoes, drained and coarsely chopped
• 3 banana leaves optional
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour