Thursday, November 22, 2007

Easy Holiday Turkey Recipe


I found this recipe and video on BlogHer.com
Dani's Holiday Turkey:

12-16 lb. kosher turkey
1 small onion, cut in half
3 stalks of celery, roughly chopped
2 carrots, roughly chopped
6 cloves of garlic, unpeeled
2 bay leaves
A few sprigs of parsley
A few sprigs of rosemary
2 teaspoons of garlic powder
2 teaspoons dried thyme
½ a lemon
Olive oil
Salt and pepper
Twine to tie turkey up

Preheat oven to 400.

1. Remove neck and giblets…pull out any feathers that may be hanging out. Pat turkey dry with some paper towels.

2. Rub lemon inside the cavity of the bird and generously salt the inside. Put onion, celery, carrots, garlic, bay leaves, and parsley in the cavity.

3. Perform a basic truss to tie turkey legs together and keep the wings close to the body.

4. Rub olive oil all over the outside of the bird. Generously season the entire turkey with salt. Then sprinkle with pepper, garlic powder and sage.

5. Place turkey breast down on a rack of a roasting pan. Pop in the oven for 30 minutes before reducing the oven temperature to 325. Allow turkey to cook for 15 minutes for every lb. (approx. another 2 ½-3 hours). And don’t forget to baste it every now and then (every hour or so).

6. A half hour before you expect the turkey to be done, take it out of the oven and flip breast side up to ensure that the skin becomes nice and brown.
Once the temperature of the dark meat reaches 175 and the light meat between 160-165, you’re turkey is ready to go!!


More Holiday recipes and viedos here!

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