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Frank Marcucio's Holiday Turkey




Source of Recipe


Buddy Cookbook


List of Ingredients




1 turkey
1/4 cup butter or margarine softened
1/4 cup dried basil
1/4 cup dried oregano
3 Tbsp. ground cinnamon
3 Tbsp. dried rosemary or 1 sprig fresh rosemary
2 Tbsp. ground cumin
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. black pepper
2 med. apples - peeled, cored, diced
2 sm. orange - peeled, diced
1 stalk celery - diced
1 bay leaf - crushed


Recipe



Spray bottom of roasting pan with cooking spray. Remove turkey from bag, reserving the bag, and remove giblets, neck, and excess skin. Pierce the breasts and thighs with a fork several times. Rub butter over entire turkey; reserve remaining butter. Place turkey in a greased roasting pan; insert a meat thermometer in the thickest part of a thigh; set aside turkey.

Combine basil, oregano, cinnamon, rosemary, cumin, salt, and pepper; set aside. Toss together apples, orange, celery, bay leaf, and 1/4 cup of the prepared seasoning blend. Loosely stuff the turkey cavity with the fruit mixture; place any remaining mixture under bird in the pan. Tie turkey legs together with string and tuck wings under breast. Sprinkle remaining prepared seasoning blend over entire turkey and rub into skin. Create a loose "tent" over the turkey using aluminum foil. Roast turkey in a 325 degree oven according weight:

Bird Weight Approx. Cooking Time.
6-8 Lbs. 2 3/4 - 3 1/2 hours
8-12 Lbs. 3 1/4 - 4 hours
12-16 Lbs. 3 1/2 - 4 1/2 hours
16-20 Lbs. 4 - 6 hours
20-26 Lbs. 5 1/2 - 7 1/2 hours

Baste turkey with juices in pan every 30-45 minutes; if there's no juice in the pan, melt remaining butter and use that to baste. Uncover turkey for the last hour and increase basting to every 15 minutes. Before removing turkey from the oven, make sure the thermometer has reached 185 degrees. Allow turkey to cool 15-20 minutes before carving.