Thanksgiving Turkey with Italian Meat Stuffing

Name: Thanksgiving Turkey with Italian Meat Stuffing
Prep time: 6 h 30 min
Cook time: 6 h 30 min
Total time: 6 h 30 min
Yield: 18
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 454 grams 1/2 day-old Italian bread; 2 large stalks celery with leaves, chopped; 1 large egg; 1 Tbsp chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley; 118 milliliters chopped fresh mushrooms (optional); 4 cloves garlic, chopped, or more to taste; 2 teaspoons garlic powder, or to taste; 454 grams ground beef; 18 servings salt and ground black pepper to taste; 2 lemons, cut in half; 2 Tbsps olive oil; 1 large onion, chopped; 118 milliliters freshly shredded Parmesan cheese; 237 milliliters water (optional); 7 kilograms whole turkey, neck and giblets removed

Thanksgiving Turkey with Italian Meat Stuffing might be just the Mediterranean recipe you are searching for. One serving contains 548 calories, 67g of protein, and 24g of fat. This recipe covers 32% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 18. It works well as a rather inexpensive hor d'oeuvre for Thanksgiving. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 6 hours and 30 minutes. If you have water, garlic powder, salt and ground pepper, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

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Oven

Place the ground beef into a skillet, and cook and stir the meat until browned and crumbly, breaking it up into chunks as it cooks, about 10 minutes.

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Ground Beef

Meat

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Frying Pan

Drain grease.

Place the ground beef into a large mixing bowl.

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Ground Beef

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Mixing Bowl

Tear the bread into rough chunks, and place into a bowl; soak bread in water until moistened, and squeeze the water out of the bread. Crumble the wet bread into the bowl with the ground beef.

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Ground Beef

Bread

Water

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Bowl

Mix in the onion, celery, mushrooms, 4 cloves of garlic, flat-leaf parsley, Parmesan cheese, and egg until thoroughly combined. Season with salt and black pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Flat Leaf Parsley

Parmesan

Mushrooms

Celery

Clove

Garlic

Onion

Egg

Rinse the turkey, and pat dry with paper towels. Lightly stuff the turkey with the ground beef mixture, and place into a roasting pan with a lid. Rub the turkey with olive oil, squeeze lemons over the turkey, and sprinkle 2 more cloves of garlic, the garlic powder, and more salt and black pepper over the bird.

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Salt And Pepper

Garlic Powder

Ground Beef

Olive Oil

Clove

Garlic

Lemon

Whole Turkey

Dry Seasoning Rub

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Paper Towels

Roasting Pan

Roast the turkey uncovered in the preheated oven until the skin is browned, about 45 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees C (175 degrees C), and cover the turkey with the lid. Continue roasting until the juices run clear and an instant-read meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of a thigh reads 180 degrees F (80 degrees C), about 5 more hours. Baste occasionally. If the bottom of the roasting pan looks dry, pour in water.

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Whole Turkey

Water

Meat

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Kitchen Thermometer