HERB-ROASTED TURKEY WITH PAN GRAVY
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- 1. Rinse turkey with cool water, and pat dry with paper towels. Let stand, uncovered 2 hours at room temperature. 2. Combine butter, lemon zest, parsley, thyme, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a small bowl. Using your finger gently, loosen turkey skin from over the breast meat, and smear half the butter mixture under the skin. 3. Preheat the oven to 450 with rack on lowest level. Place turkey, breast side up, on a roasting rack set in a heavy roasting pan. Tuck the wing tips under. Sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper inside cavity. Fill loosely with a s many lemon wedges as will fit comfortably. 4. Tie legs together loosely with kitchen twine. Fold neck flap under, and secure with toothpicks. Rub entire turkey with remaining herb butter, and sprinkle with remaining 1 1/2 teaspoon pepper pressing to adhere. 5. Cook 30 minutes, rotating pan half way through. using a pastry brush, baste turkey with pan drippings. Reduce oven heat to 350; continue cooking 2 hours more, basting turkey and rotating pan every 30 minutes. If pan gets too full, spoon out some of the juices, reserving them for gravy. 6. Insert an instant-read thermometer into thickest part of thigh, avoiding bone.
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Darkhan Darkhan
[email protected]This turkey was amazing! I will definitely be making it again.
Amjad Ali Buttar
[email protected]I would not recommend this recipe. The turkey was tough and the pan gravy was bland.
Ephraim Tosam
[email protected]This turkey was a little dry, but the pan gravy was delicious.
Sergio Estrada
[email protected]I followed the recipe exactly and my turkey turned out perfectly. The only thing I would change is to add a little more salt to the herb rub.
Steven Lopez
[email protected]This is the best turkey recipe I have ever tried. The herb rub is amazing and the pan gravy is so flavorful.
Laverne Pallas-Muir
[email protected]I made this turkey for Christmas dinner and it was a huge hit! The meat was cooked perfectly and the skin was crispy and golden brown.
Kenneth kindrich
[email protected]This turkey was so juicy and flavorful! The herbs and spices really came through, and the pan gravy was to die for. I will definitely be making this again for Thanksgiving.