Heritage Turkey with Crisped Pancetta and Rosemary

Name: Heritage Turkey with Crisped Pancetta and Rosemary
Prep time: 4 h
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 bay leaf; 8 servings Rich Brown Gravy; 1 Tbsp About canola oil; 2 carrots, peeled and diced; 2 celery stalks, diced; 2 Tbsps finely chopped fresh rosemary; 3 Tbsps kosher salt; 710 milliliters reduced-sodium or homemade turkey or chicken stock; 1 onion, diced; 142 grams thinly sliced pancetta (not lean); 1 teaspoons pepper; 5 kilograms heritage turkey , truss removed and giblets removed (use for gravy if you like)

Heritage Turkey with Crisped Pancettan and Rosemary might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe covers 40% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 8. One portion of this dish contains around 109g of protein, 37g of fat, and a total of 799 calories. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and whole 30 diet. A mixture of chicken stock, rich brown gravy, celery stalks, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. To use up the canolan oil you could follow this main course with the Cherry-Apricot Turnovers as a dessert.

Instructions

Rinse turkey, pat dry, and cut off drumsticks and thighs.

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Chicken Drumsticks

Whole Turkey

Mix salt and rosemary together in a small bowl.

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Rosemary

Salt

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Bowl

Sprinkle all over turkey pieces, including inside the cavity. Put all pieces in a roasting pan, slide into a large plastic bag, and loosely tie top. Chill at least 1 day and up to

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Whole Turkey

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Roasting Pan

Ziploc Bags

Let turkey sit at room temperature 1 hour.

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Whole Turkey

Remove top rack of oven and preheat to 35

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Oven

Pat turkey dry with paper towels. Cover breast with pancetta (keep slices in their circle shapes and overlap slightly), then sprinkle with pepper. Rub wings with a bit of canola oil and set turkey carcass with breast on a V-rack in a large roasting pan.

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Canola Oil

Pancetta

Pepper

Whole Turkey

Chicken Wings

Dry Seasoning Rub

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Paper Towels

Roasting Pan

Roast turkey carcass until an instant-read thermometer, inserted straight down through the breast until it touches bone, registers 160, 2 to 2 1/2 hours. Tent carcass with foil after 45 minutes to keep pancetta from burning.

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Pancetta

Whole Turkey

Bone

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Kitchen Thermometer

Aluminum Foil

Heat 1 tbsp. canola oil, meanwhile, in a 12-in.-wide frying pan with at least 2-in. sides or in a wide stockpot over medium-high heat.

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Canola Oil

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Frying Pan

Pot

Add turkey legs and thighs, skin side down, in a single layer and let cook undisturbed until skin is deep golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Turn over and brown 4 minutes.

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Turkey Leg

Put turkey legs and thighs on a plate. Reduce heat to medium and pour off all but 1 tbsp. fat from pan.

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Turkey Leg

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Frying Pan

Add carrots, celery, onion, and giblets, if using, and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened and lightly browned, 7 minutes.

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Carrot

Celery

Onion

Add bay leaf. Return legs and thighs (and juices) to pan, skin side up, and pour in enough stock to come halfway up turkey. Cover pan; reduce heat to low. Cook until an instant-read thermometer inserted in thickest part of a thigh registers 160, 50 minutes to 1 hour.

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Bay Leaves

Whole Turkey

Stock

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Frying Pan

Transfer legs and thighs to a rimmed baking sheet, skin side up; cover with foil. Strain stock through a fine-meshed sieve, discarding solids, and use to make gravy.

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Gravy

Stock

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Sieve

Aluminum Foil

Remove turkey from oven and let rest 20 minutes. Meanwhile, put top rack back in oven, increase heat to broil and broil legs and thighs until skin is crispy, 10 minutes.

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Whole Turkey

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Oven

Transfer to a warmed serving platter.

Cut each breast half from the carcass in one piece, slicing on either side of breastbone and as close to the bone as possible. Make a horizontal cut just above wing joint to release bottom part of each breast half; then cut off wings.

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Chicken Wings

Bone

Transfer meat to platter.

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Meat