Roast Turkey with Herb Butter

Name: Roast Turkey with Herb Butter
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 3 h 30 min
Total time: 4 h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 5-6kg whole turkey; 150g unsalted butter, softened; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 3 tbsp fresh herbs (thyme, rosemary, sage), chopped; 2 tsp salt; 1 tsp pepper; 1 lemon, halved; 1 onion, quartered; fresh herbs for the cavity; 2 cups chicken stock for roasting pan

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

Mix butter with garlic, herbs, salt and pepper.

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

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

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

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

Fat

30.5g

Carbs

4.9g

Fiber

0.9g

Sodium

961mg

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