Perfect Roast Turkey
Ingredients
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Melt the butter in a small saucepan. Add the zest and juice of the lemon and 1 teaspoon of thyme leaves to the butter mixture. Set aside.
Take the giblets out of the turkey and wash the turkey inside and out. Remove any excess fat and leftover pinfeathers and pat the outside dry. Place the turkey in a large roasting pan. Liberally salt and pepper the inside of the turkey cavity. Stuff the cavity with the bunch of thyme, halved lemon, quartered onion, and the garlic. Brush the outside of the turkey with the butter mixture and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Tie the legs together with string and tuck the wing tips under the body of the turkey.
Roast the turkey about 2 1/2 hours, or until the juices run clear when you cut between the leg and the thigh. Remove the turkey to a cutting board and cover with aluminum foil; let rest for 20 minutes.
Slice the turkey and serve.
Total Time: 3 hr 30 min
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Tips & Techniques
To roast garlic, place 20 unpeeled cloves in a small baking dish and drizzle with 2 tablespoons of canola oil. Cover and roast at 375°F for 40 minutes, until tender and caramelized. Let cool, then squeeze the garlic from the skins.
Jose Garces prepares this turkey.
no thanksgiving didnt come from turkey because thanksgiving is a holiday in USA
You do so because they ate turkey at the 1st Thanksgiving.
They DO celebrate Thanksgiving in Turkey. They celebrate the same way we do.
Do you plan to serve turkey at Thanksgiving.
No, because if they eat other turkey for Thanksgiving it would be like you eating other people.
A twist on a Thanksgiving favorite, try Pumpkin Cheesecake. See the link below for the recipe!
They don't commemorate Thanksgiving anyway. It's not a memorable event for them.
88% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
Because the main dish on thanksgiving is well..... a turkey hahaha :)
The Thanksgiving bird is the turkey.
We have turkey seasoning and fancy ovens and they did not. Also, turkeys today are raised on farms. The turkeys served at the first Thanksgiving were wild.
about 313,904,743 pounds of turkey per Thanksgiving