| Thanksgiving is fast approaching in the United States, | | | | vegetable mixture over and around the turkey and |
| but it doesn't have to be Thanksgiving for your to | | | | add two teaspoons of honey into the mix. Fold the |
| appreciate this Thanksgiving turkey recipe! Make sure | | | | top of the bag over and place turkey, breast up, into |
| you start about 5 hours before dinnertime to have | | | | your roasting pan. |
| enough time to cook this Thanksgiving turkey recipe! | | | | This is the secret that will make your Thanksgiving |
| To make this Thanksgiving Turkey recipe you will | | | | turkey super moist and delicious. Add water to a |
| need the following ingredients: | | | | depth of about 1 inch in the pan. |
| - A 12 pound turkey (will feed about 10 people) | | | | Roast turkey for 3 to 3 1/2 hours hours. If you want |
| - A roasting bag | | | | to use a meat thermometer, insert your needle into |
| - 1/2 tsp coarse sea salt | | | | the thickest part of the leg (but not touching the |
| - 1/2 tsp fresh ground pepper | | | | bone). The temperature should be 165° to |
| - 1/4 cup organic shallots, finely chopped | | | | 170°. |
| - 1/4 cup organic carrots, finely chopped | | | | At this point, you want to carefully remove the |
| - 1/4 cup organic celery, finely chopped | | | | Thanksgiving turkey from the bag. Increase the oven |
| - 1/4 cup organic beet, finely chopped | | | | temperature to 450° and roast the turkey for |
| - 3 large cloves garlic, finely chopped | | | | 30 minutes longer. Turkey should be a golden brown |
| - 2 tsp of honey | | | | by now. If it's not, leave it for another 10-15 minutes. |
| In general a 12-15 lb turkey will feed 10-12 people, a | | | | Carefully remove the turkey from the oven and |
| 15-18 lb turkey will feed 14-16 people and a 18-22 lb | | | | transfer the turkey to a platter without the juices. |
| turkey will feed 20-22 people. If you want to use a | | | | Transfer the juices to a separate bowl and let |
| larger Thanksgiving turkey, adjust the ingredients | | | | everyone use it as gravy. |
| accordingly. | | | | Do you want to learn more great recipes and secret |
| Preheat the oven to 325°. | | | | recipes from restaurants and chains such as KFC, |
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| Tuck the wings under the turkey and place the | | | | much more? |
| turkey in a large oven roasting bag. Place your | | | | |