It's time to make plans for Thanksgiving dinner. I'm a traditional person, so we always have turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes/gravy, candied sweet potatoes, salad, cloverleaf rolls, pumpkin and/or apple pie. MMMmmmm! Makes me hungry just thinking about it. This picture was from last year, it was a small turkey, about 12 lbs. If you look closely you can see that I left it in the oven too long. The meat has pulled away from the leg bones. But the color of the turkey is very nice. It was still very juicy and moist.
I'll start with my turkey recipe. I always roast my turkey in foil. It takes a hotter oven but a shorter time. I always try to buy a turkey with a peg that pops out when it's done.
Thaw turkey in refrigerator, time depends on size. Plan on a couple of days.
Wash turkey, take out neck & giblets.
I cook the neck and giblets and use the broth for gravy later.
Preheat oven. 450 degrees.
Brush the turkey with shortening.
Loosely fill the cavity with stuffing.
Cover the legs and wings with small squares of foil.
Tear off long piece of foil and place in roasting pan.
Tear off another piece to cover the bottom of the pan.
Place turkey on foil, breast side up.
Bring foil together over turkey and fold together loosely.
Wrap turkey but not airtight.
Place in oven.
When the turkey is almost ready, turn back the foil so the turkey will brown nicely.
I've been roasting my turkey's in this way for all my married life. It's a sure way to have a beautiful, moist turkey. I've never had one turn out bad...yet.
This year my turkey is small, about 12 lbs. so it'll only take a little over 2 hours to roast.
I'll start with my turkey recipe. I always roast my turkey in foil. It takes a hotter oven but a shorter time. I always try to buy a turkey with a peg that pops out when it's done.
Thaw turkey in refrigerator, time depends on size. Plan on a couple of days.
Wash turkey, take out neck & giblets.
I cook the neck and giblets and use the broth for gravy later.
Preheat oven. 450 degrees.
Brush the turkey with shortening.
Loosely fill the cavity with stuffing.
Cover the legs and wings with small squares of foil.
Tear off long piece of foil and place in roasting pan.
Tear off another piece to cover the bottom of the pan.
Place turkey on foil, breast side up.
Bring foil together over turkey and fold together loosely.
Wrap turkey but not airtight.
Place in oven.
When the turkey is almost ready, turn back the foil so the turkey will brown nicely.
I've been roasting my turkey's in this way for all my married life. It's a sure way to have a beautiful, moist turkey. I've never had one turn out bad...yet.
This year my turkey is small, about 12 lbs. so it'll only take a little over 2 hours to roast.
4 comments:
Glad you found your recipe - I forgot to take my cookbook to work so I could pdf my recipe to you.
Your meal sounds wonderful! How yummy! I love the traditional meal. I'll bet it will be so tasty. I wish I could sit down at the table with you guys and have some of that fabulous meal. We will be going to my sister in law's and Avery is making a peanut butter pie to take with us. Have a great day! Much love, Trish
That turkey recipe sure sounds tasty! I'm your Thanksgiving turkey looked really good. :)
just stumbled into your blog from nana trish's. what a delight this is with all these scrumptious recipes!!!!! i'll be back often when stumped for something new to fix!
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