Simple roast turkey with sage-rosemary butter (first turkey)
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Read about whole bird in the BrightCulinary Book
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Lay a sliced onion, a sliced carrot and a chopped rib of celery in a roasting pan or baking dish.
- 1 whole onion
- 1 whole carrot
- 1 whole rib of celery
Unwrap and rinse the turkey, pat dry inside and out, cut off the tail and remove the giblets and neck.
- seasoning mix (salt and pepper)
Season the cavity generously with the salt and pepper mix; fold the wings underneath.
- 2 tbsp butter
Melt a couple tablespoons butter in a small saute pan over medium heat until the edges just turn golden; add sage and rosemary leaves and cook 60 seconds, then turn off the heat.
Sage and rosemary butter
- sage and rosemary leaves
Lift out the herbs with tongs and put them in the cavity; tie the legs together.
Paint the whole turkey with the herb butter and season the outside very generously with salt and pepper.
- 13½ lb turkey
Roast at 325F without basting or foil, about 15 minutes per pound, until the middle of the thigh reads about 170 to 175; a 13.5 lb turkey took about three and a half hours.