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Super-Moist Roast Turkey

Source of Recipe

fooddownunder.com


List of Ingredients

12 lb Turkey, thawed to room temp
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Pepper
1/4 cup Onions, finely chopped
1/4 cup Carrots, finely chopped
1/4 cup Celery, finely chopped
1/4 cup Turnip, finely chopped
3 cl Garlic, thinly sliced


Recipe

* Preheat the oven to 325 . Sprinkle turkey inside and out with salt and pepper. Tuck wings under turkey. Place turkey in an oven roasting bag.
* Scatter onions, carrots, celery, turnip and garlic over and around turkey. Fold the top of the bag over and place turkey, breast up. in a small roasting pan. Add 1 in. water.
* Roast turkey 3 to 3 1/2 hours, or until a meat thermometer inserted in the thickest part of the leg (but not touching the bone) reaches 165 to 170 . Carefully tear open and remove the bag. Increase the oven temperature to 450 . Roast 30 minutes longer, or until the thermometer registers 180 , basting with the pan juices every 5 minutes. Turkey should be golden brown.
* Remove the roasting pan from the oven and carefully transfer turkey to a platter, letting the juices run back into the pan; reserve the juices for gravy. Cover the bird with foil and let stand for 20 minutes before carving. (In the meantime, make gravy.)
* Makes about 16 servings.