Herb Roasted Turkey
Author: Southern Living
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Serves: 8
Ingredients
- 1 (14-lb.) whole fresh turkey*
- Kitchen string
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon ground sage
- ½ teaspoon dried tarragon
- 3 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- ¼ cup butter, softened
- 2 medium onions, chopped
- 2 carrots, chopped
- 2 celery ribs, chopped
- 1 garlic bulb, halved
- 1 cup dry white wine
- Garnish: fresh sage leaves
Instructions
- Remove giblets and neck from turkey, and rinse turkey with cold water. Drain cavity well; pat dry. Tie ends of legs together with kitchen string; tuck wingtips under. Place, breast side up, on a lightly greased roasting rack in a large roasting pan. Let stand at room temperature 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 400°. Stir together thyme, next 2 ingredients, 1½ tsp. salt, and ½ tsp. pepper; rub mixture into cavity of turkey. Rub butter over turkey. Sprinkle remaining salt and pepper over outside of turkey; rub into skin. Arrange onions and next 3 ingredients around base of turkey in roasting pan; add wine and 1 cup water to pan.
- Place turkey in oven; reduce oven temperature to 325°. Bake at 325° for 3 hours or until a meat thermometer inserted into thickest portion of thigh registers 160°.
- Remove turkey from oven; increase heat to 425°. Baste turkey with pan juices, and let stand 15 minutes; return to oven. Bake at 425° for 10 to 15 minutes or until golden brown and thermometer registers 165°.
- Let turkey stand in pan 30 minutes; transfer to a serving platter. Reserve pan drippings for Easy Turkey Gravy, if desired.
*Frozen whole turkey, thawed, may be substituted.
Recipe brought to the table by chef Frank Stitt of Highlands Bar and Grill in Birmingham, Alabama.
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