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Roast Turkey with Herb Butter

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Roast Turkey with Herb Butter

A whole turkey rubbed under and over the skin with a garlic and fresh herb butter, roasted low and basted regularly until deeply golden, with a lemon-and-onion-stuffed cavity for extra flavour.

Total time
240 min
Prep
30 min
Cook
210 min
Difficulty
hard
Cuisine
American

Ingredients

5-6kgwhole turkey
150gunsalted butter, softened
4 clovesgarlic, minced
3 tbspfresh herbs (thyme, rosemary, sage), chopped
2 tspsalt
1 tsppepper
1lemon, halved
1onion, quartered
fresh herbsfor the cavity
2 cupschicken stock for roasting pan

Instructions

1

Mix butter with garlic, herbs, salt and pepper.

2

Lift turkey skin and push herb butter beneath. Rub remaining butter over skin.

3

Fill cavity with lemon, onion and herbs. Tie legs.

4

Roast at 180°C, basting every 40 minutes, for about 3.5 hours (until juices run clear at thigh).

5

Rest 30 minutes before carving.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories
289
Protein
1g
Fat
30.5g
Carbs
4.9g
Fiber
0.9g
Sodium
961mg

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