Roast Turkey (4.5 Pts) Recipe

Ingredients:

15 lb fresh or frozen turkey (15 to 18 lb -if frozen, thaw in refrigerator 3
12 cloves garlic -smashed with side of knife
1/4 cup unsalted butter (1/2 stick), melted

Instructions:

Place oven rack in lowest position; preheat oven to 325F. Remove neck and
giblets for gravy. Wash turkey; pat dry with paper towels. Trim fat. In
small cup, mix 1 tsp each salt and pepper. Sprinkle body and neck cavities
with half the salt mixture.

Place turkey, breast side up, in large, preferably nonstick, roasting pan.
Place garlic cloves in body cavity. Tie legs together; skewer wings to
sides of breast. Brush turkey with butter. Season with remaining salt
mixture. Insert oven roasting thermometer into thickest part of thigh, not
touching bone. Loosely ten turkey with heavy-duty foil.

Roast 3 1/2 hours for 15-lb turkey, and up to 4 1/4 hours for 18-lb bird,
rotating pan and basting with pan juices every 45 minutes; remove foil
during last hour of roasting (thermometer should register 175F in thigh).
Transfer bird to board. remove garlic from cavity; reserve for gravy.
Strain fat and drippings from pan into 2-cup measure. Reserve for gravy.
tent turkey with foil. Let stand 1 hour.

Makes 12 servings, with leftovers, Per 3-oz serving: 183 calories, 23 g
protein, 0 carb, 9 g fat, 0 fiber, 71 mg chol, 57 mg sodium 4.5 PTS

M/C Formatted by Diane [spangen@home.com]

Food Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 0 Fat;
0 Other Carbohydrates





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Preparation Time: 0:00

Servings: 12