Oven Roasted Turkey with Sage Butter

Name: Oven Roasted Turkey with Sage Butter
Prep time: 3 h 10 min
Cook time: 3 h 10 min
Total time: 3 h 10 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 sticks butter, softened; 2 Tbsps butter; 59 milliliters chicken stock; 6 larges cornmeal muffins, cubed; 1 egg; 59 milliliters heavy cream; 12 servings Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; 12 servings Extra-virgin olive oil; 2 onions, chopped; 59 milliliters chopped sage; 1 Handful fresh sage leaves, chopped; 12 servings Salt and pepper; 12 servings Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 5 kilograms fresh turkey

Oven Roasted Turkey with Sage Butter is a gluten free recipe with 12 servings. One portion of this dish contains approximately 71g of protein, 52g of fat, and a total of 765 calories. This recipe covers 32% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up olive oil, butter, salt and pepper, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the cornmeal you could follow this main course with the Cornmeal Pie as a dessert. Thanksgiving will be even more special with this recipe. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 3 hours and 10 minutes. It works well as a reasonably priced main course.

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Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F and remove the top rack of the oven.

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Oven

Rinse the bird thoroughly inside and out with cold water, and pat dry with paper towels.

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Water

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Paper Towels

Sprinkle the cavity and skin liberally with salt and pepper. Stuff the cavity with stuffing and, if required, truss the legs. Cover the turkey with olive oil and season well with salt and pepper. Push the sage butter under the skin of the turkey, being careful not to puncture the skin.

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Salt And Pepper

Olive Oil

Stuffing

Butter

Whole Turkey

Sage

Put the turkey on a rack in a large roasting pan, and into the oven. Continue cooking until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the meaty part of the thigh registers 170 degrees F. The thigh juices will run clear when pricked with a knife, about 3 hours total (15 minutes per pound). If the legs or breast brown too quickly during roasting, cover them with foil.

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Whole Turkey

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Roasting Pan

Kitchen Thermometer

Knife

Aluminum Foil

Oven

Combine all ingredients.

Melt the butter in a medium skillet over medium heat.

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Butter

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Add the onions and cook, stirring, for about 10 minutes, or until soft and caramelized.

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Onion

Add sage and scrape into a large mixing bowl.

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Sage

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Mixing Bowl

Add the cornbread pieces, season well with salt and pepper, and give it a good toss until it's well combined. In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg, cream, and stock, and pour that over the cornbread. Stir the stuffing together and stuff the cavity of the turkey. You could also spoon it into a buttered baking dish and put it in the oven along with the turkey.

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Salt And Pepper

Cornbread