Roasted Turkey With Stuffing

11 ingredients
1 steps

Ingredients

  • 5 tablespoons butter, room temp
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary
  • 1 tablespoon sage
  • 1 tablespoon thyme
  • coarse salt
  • pepper
  • 1 (12 lb) whole turkey, Thawed if frozen, rinsed and patted dry, neck reserved. (Set aside giblets for stuffing, if desired.)
  • prepared stuffing, of your choice
  • 4 -6 large carrots, halved crosswise
  • 2 large onions, cut into 8 wedges
  • 2 stalks celery, halved crosswise

Directions

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    ["Preheat oven to 350 degrees, with rack in the lowest position.", "Make herb butter: In a small bowl, mix together 4 tbs.", "butter w/chopped herbs; season generously w/salt and pepper.", "Prepare and stuff the turkey.", "Cut neck into pieces, mix with carrots, ontions and celery, and 2 cups of water in a large roasting pan.", "Set roasting rack over vegetables in pan.", "Lift turkey onto rack; rub with remaining tbs.", "butter.", "Season generously with salt and pepper.", "Tent turkey loosely w/foil.", "Roast 1 hour, then baste every 30 minutes with pan liquids, until an instant read themometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh (avoid hitting the bone!)", "resisters 125*, about 3 hours.", "Remove foil; raise oven heat to 400*.", "Continue roasting occasionally, until thigh reaches 180*, 45-60 minutes more.", "Tent with foil if bird browns too quickly; add more water if pan becomes dry.", "Transfer turkey to a serving platter (I bought some extra stems of rosemary and made a \"wreath\"" around the turkey on the platter

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