Baked turkey is the best option for a festive table and for a large number of guests. Having cooked correctly, pickled the bird in spices and aromatic herbs, you will get a real delicacy. In Canada, for example, turkey in the oven is stuffed, it turns out incredibly tasty. But it takes a lot of time, because it is necessary that the meat inside the bird is completely cooked. Serve a baked turkey with absolutely anyone, most importantly, to your favorite side dish.
Baked Turkey: Butter Recipe
The bird in this recipe is incredibly tender and juicy. A turkey baked in foil can amaze you with its cooking method and the end result. After all, just imagine, one turkey needs as much as 250 grams of oil. And this is a lot.
But if you look at the calorie content of the bird itself, you will not find the most pleasant discovery: the calorie content of turkey is on average 250 kcal per 100 grams of meat. And its fat content is high: from 12 to 22 grams of fat per 100 grams of meat. Maybe for this reason, baked turkey is most often consumed precisely on holidays? After all, not every day you allow yourself so high-calorie dishes.
According to some people, turkey has a bit of dry meat. And according to the recipe, it turns out to be very tender and juicy. Do not intentionally reduce the amount of oil used. Believe me, the result will be completely different.
If, however, such a dish seems too fat and high in calories, you can try this solution. Eat only the turkey breast, having previously removed the skin from it. Although even 100 grams of turkey is enough to appreciate its incredible and sophisticated taste. Yes, and the New Year, after all, happens only once a year. You can treat yourself with calories!
Ingredients:
- turkey (weight about 7 kg);
- butter (250 grams);
- lemon - 4 pieces;
- onion - 1 piece;
- any herbs - 4 tablespoons;
- greens.
Cooking:
Melt the butter in a water bath, soak a piece of gauze with it. Then cover with gauze baking sheet. Now squeeze the juice from all the lemons, and put the halves themselves inside the turkey. There it will be necessary to place greens and onions.
Outside and inside the bird must be rubbed with herbs. Rosemary is particularly suitable. Now cover the turkey with gauze and place it so that it is breast-down. All this must be poured with lemon juice and put to bake for about 3.5 hours. After this time, turn the bird over and let it bake for about 60 minutes.
The next step is to carefully remove the baking sheet from the oven, carefully remove the cheesecloth and lay the turkey on a cutting board. Arm yourself with a knife and pierce the bird. Transparent juice leaked? Then you can put the turkey on a beautiful dish, cover it and let it stand for about half an hour. When this time passes, you can serve the dish to the table.
Not sure what to serve turkey with? The classic tip is with cranberry sauce.
Baked Turkey: A Basic Recipe
Ingredients:
- one turkey;
- 6 tablespoons of butter;
- half a liter of water;
- spices, salt and herbs.
Cooking:
The turkey carcass must be grated with spices on all sides, pepper and salt. After that, put it on a large pan with the back down. Now water the bird with melted butter, add some water and put everything in the oven. You need to cook a turkey for at least an hour, focusing on the size of the carcass.
From time to time, do not forget to water the bird with the excreted juice and turn it so that all sides are baked evenly.
Before serving the turkey on the table, divide it into pieces, put them on a dish and pour with the juice that formed at the bottom of the pan. You can use greens to decorate. Serve best with baked potatoes.
Now you know how to cook a baked turkey, and you can please your family with this wonderful dish.