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How To Make A Crispy, Golden Roast Turkey

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How To Make A Crispy, Golden Roast Turkey
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Crispy, Golden Roast Turkey Recipe. This fool-proof method for roasting a turkey is guaranteed to result in a holiday bird that is moist, flavourful, and covered in a gorgeous brown skin. If you have guests that don't like turkey, this will change their minds. Sample our Crispy, Golden Roast Turkey recipe. Enlarge Crispy, Golden Roast Turkey Recipe. This fool-proof method for roasting a turkey is guaranteed to result in a holiday bird that is moist, flavourful, and covered in a gorgeous brown skin. If you have guests that don't like turkey, this will change their minds. Sample our Crispy, Golden Roast Turkey recipe.
Serves:
12
Preparation Time:
30 minutes
Cooking Time:
3 hours
Total Time:
3 hours 30 minutes
Oven Temperature:
200° c  -  390° f

Step 1: You will need

  • 1 fresh turkey, 5.5 kilos, washed and dried
  • 1 ½ onions, chopped into quarters
  • 2 carrots, peeled and chopped
  • 2 garlic bulbs, cut in halves
  • 1 lemon, cut into quarters
  • A few celery tops
  • some rosemary
  • some thyme
  • 40 ml olive oil
  • 2 tbsp rock salt
  • salt and pepper
  • 1 baking tray with rack
  • some kitchen twine
  • 1 cutting board
  • 1 knife
  • 1 thermometer
  • 1 bowl

Step 2: Preheat the oven

Set the temperature of the oven to 200°C (400ºF/ gas mark 6).

Step 3: Prepare the vegetables

Add to a bowl the onions, garlic, carrots, lemon, rosemary, rock salt, thyme, celery tops, and a little olive oil. Mix them all together by hand and set aside.

Handle raw turkey with the same care that you would raw chicken. Wash the inside and out with water and lemon juice and dry with paper towels. Use a separate cutting board and utensils.

Step 4: Trim the turkey

Place the knife deep inside the neck cavity and cut off the neck, trying to reserve as much of the skin as possible. Next, find the elbow joint of one of the wings, insert the knife, cut and remove. Repeat with the other wing.

Step 5: Fill the bird

Place the vegetables into the main cavity of the turkey, stuffing it as much as possible.

If there is enough skin remaining around the neck cavity to close it, stuff that area as well.

Step 6: Tie the bird

Start with a 1 metre piece of string.
Place it around the turkey's neck and wings. Cross the legs together .Wrap one side of the string around the legs and then wrap the other side. Pull them together and tie a knot.

Step 7: Prepare for oven

Place the bird on the rack. Pour some olive oil over its skin and rub it in well, covering the entire surface. Season well with salt and pepper. Turn the bird onto its side and season again. Repeat until the whole bird is coated and leave it on the rack, breast-side down.

Step 8: Roast

Allow for 10-15 minutes for each 450g of weight. After 30 minutes, lower the temperature to 180°C and cook for about 1.5 to 2 hours more.

Step 9: Check the turkey

At this time, test your turkey with a meat thermometer. Place it into the thigh first and then into the breast. The temperature should exceed 85°C for the thigh and at least 76°C in the breast. Once these temperatures are reached, remove the turkey and turn it breast-side up so it will brown. Increase the oven to 220°C and let it cook for 10 minutes more. At this time, remove the turkey from the oven, cut the string, and let it rest for 20-30 minutes.

Don't forget to save the drippings for the gravy from the oven tray!

Step 10: Serve

Time to carve and serve. Why not watch our other videos accompanying this one to complete your meal? How to Carve a Turkey and Perfect Turkey Gravy are just a couple of examples. Enjoy!
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  1. tjp444

    England ** Thanks Videojug I cooked for my 91 year old mother in law, 2 georgeos daughters and partners, plus 4 phenominal grandsons. No wonder I a happy man. I followed the ~Videojug receipes for cooking and carving turkey plus making turkey gravy. All spot on thanks. Terry

  2. lesres

    My husband isn't a big fan of roast turkey and living the in deep South, fried turkey is the norm. However from the smell coming from the oven to the taste it was awesome. Thank you videojug, another winner!!!

  3. denasies

    Thank you for saving my turkey.

  4. m_alkins

    OMG! Great recipe for roast turkey. The fragrance from the vegetables when cooked inside the bird gives the meat a definite wow-factor. Will always do this to my birds from now on! The only thing i would suggest is using olive oil instead of butter when coating the bird. The olive oil makes the skin much crispier! Just watch out at the beginning because the oil will burn and it will get a bit smokey.

  5. carlincoln

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  7. BeautifulQueen82

    Turkey looks so yummy and tasty! Guess what? Last night, I planned to have a small Thanksgiving dinner at my home for the first time even it wasn't on Thanksgiving Day. I roasted my first 12.7lb turkey and it cooked perfectly and delicious! Everyone whom I invited enjoyed my bird very much. I highly recommend you to add melting brown sugar (natural dark color sugar) and poured entirely your bird before you roasted it. It'll taste very sweet and tender. :-)

  8. Anonymous

    Used this recipe this xmas as I am a total knumb scull in the kitchen, it was fantastic. I would recommend it to anyone. All I added was that I loosley rapped the turkey in foil. The final taste and moistness was fantastic.

  9. Anonymous

    were making a turkey from scratch this year for the first time...!! i really hate seeing raw poultry.... but im really excited=S.... i really hope this recipe works out great...!!

  10. Anonymous

    Eh? I didn't swear in my last comment =S