Turkey with Sage & Rosemary Recipe
Ingredients:
1 each 12-Pound (or larger) Turkey Fresh rosemary stems Fresh sage leaves or stems 1 tsp Poultry seasoning 1/8 tsp Salt 1/8 tsp Pepper 1 medium Onion 1 large Carrot 1 medium Rib, celery
Instructions:
Wash your turkey and trim excess fat and giblets. Loosen the skin from the turkey at the neck cavity to insert sage leaves. Press skin to secure. Quarter onions, celery, and carrot and place in the open cavity of the turkey. Sprinkle half of the poultry seasoning, pepper, and salt mixture inside the turkey and the remainder on the outside. Tuck in the turkey legs and place breast side up on a rack. You can buy disposable aluminum racks in the grocery store. Spray the turkey with a vegetable spray and cover loosely with foil. Bake according to directions on the package your turkey came in. Remove foil when 20-30 minutes of cooking time remains. After your turkey is done, let it stand twenty minutes. Garnish with grapes and remainder of sage and rosemary.
Servings: 1
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Turkey Information
Turkey is the perfect meat if you are counting carbohydrates, limiting fat intake as part of your weight loss regime.
7.3% of Turkeys eaten in the US are consumed at Christmas.
Turkey should be thawed in the refrigerator allowing 24 hours for every four to five pounds of bird weight.
Turkey is a cheap source of iron, zinc, phosphorus, potassium and B vitamins.
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