Roast Turkey With Sage and Thyme
- Ready In:
- 4hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
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1 14 lb. turkey
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
- 6350.29 g frozen whole turkey, thawed (can use fresh turkey)
- 59.14 ml butter, softened and divided
- 2.46 ml salt
- 2.46 ml pepper
- 59.14 ml fresh sage leaf
- 4 fresh thyme sprigs
- 1 pears or 1 apple, halved
- 2 celery ribs, halved
- 1 large onion, halved
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled
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Garnish
- fresh sage leaves or fresh thyme sprig
directions
- Remove and discard giblets and neck from turkey. Rinse turkey with cold water, and pat dry with paper towels.
- Loosen skin from turkey breast without totally detaching skin( sort of make a pocket). Stir together 2 tablespoons, butter, salt and pepper. Rub butter mixture evenly over turkey breast under skin. Carefully place sage leaves and thyme sprigs evenly on each side of breat under skin. Replace skin.
- Place pear halves, celery, onion, and garlic inside cavity. Place turkey breast side up, on a lightly greased wire rack in an aluminum foil lined shallow roasting pan. Rub entire turkey evenly with remaining 2 tablespoons butter.
- Bake at 325F for 2 hours and 45 minutes to 3 hours and 30 minutes or until a meat thermometer inserted in thigh reads 180°F Basting turkey every 30 minutes with pan drippings. (Prevent overcooking by checking for doneness after 2 hours)Remove turkey from roasting pan, and let sand 20 minutes before slicing. Garnish.
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Reviews
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This recipe looked too good to pass up, even though I was looking for something for just drumsticks. I didn't change any of amounts of the other ingredients, I just placed the vegetables (and fruit) in the baking dish around the drumsticks. I didn't have any fresh thyme, so I used dried. I did have the fresh sage, and the flavor really shines through here. The meat was juicy, but I can see where a whole bird would have been batter here, to allow the flavors to infuse the turkey through the cavity.