Keith & Curt's Roasted Turkey Recipe
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Ingredients: 1/4 pound (1 stick) unsalted butter
1 lemon, zested and juiced
1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme leaves
1 fresh turkey (10 to 12 pounds)
Kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper
1 large bunch fresh thyme
1 whole lemon, halved
1 Spanish onion, quartered
1 head garlic, halved crosswise
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Directions: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.
Mold a folded piece of aluminum foil over the breast of the turkey, Oil the inside of the foil and set aside. Put an instant-read thermometer in the breast of the turkey. Place in oven, legs first. Roast at 500F for 30 minutes. Without opening the door, reduce the temperature to 350F and roast until the thermometer reads 161F. Move thermometer around to make sure it is 161F and then remove from oven. Let set and then carve! |
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Notes: Your kitchen may smoke up if your oven has excess grease. Just open your windows and turn on the fans!
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