Roast Turkey with Sage Butter Recipe |
Roast Turkey with Sage Butter Recipe Ingredients required:- Sage Butter
- 8 slices bacon
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 3 teaspoons dried sage
- Turkey
- 16 lbs turkey
- 3 cups chopped leeks
- 8 sprigs fresh sage
- 3 bay leaves - crumbled
- 4 1/2 cups chicken broth
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Time: 4 hour
Serves: 12 - 16
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Roast Turkey with Sage Butter Recipe Instructions & Tips:Cook bacon in heavy large skillet over medium heat until brown and crisp. Transfer bacon to paper towels and drain. Crumble bacon finely.
Mix butter, sage and bacon in medium bowl. Season lightly with salt and pepper. Can be made 2 days ahead. Cover and Chill or Cool. (Bring to room temperature before using.)
To Prepare Turkey and Gravy:
Pat turkey dry with paper towels. Season cavity with salt and pepper. Place and arrange leeks, 8 sage sprigs and bay leaves in cavity.
Slide hand under skin of turkey breast to loosen skin. Spread 1/3 cup sage butter over breast meat under skin. Place and arrange turkey on rack set in large roasting pan. Rub 2 tablespoons sage butter over outside of turkey.
Set aside 1/3 cup butter for gravy; reserve remainder for basting. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover, Chill or Cool. let stand at room temperature 1 hour before continuing.) Position rack in bottom third of oven and preheat to 350° F. Carefully pour 1/3 cup broth over turkey. Roast turkey until thermometer inserted into thickest part of inner thigh registers 180° F. basting every 30 minutes with 1/3 cup broth and occasionally brushing with sage butter, about 3 hours.
Transfer turkey to platter; tent with foil. Let stand 30 minutes. Extract or remove rack from pan. Carefully pour pan juices into large glass measuring cup. Spoon off fat; discard. Carefully pour juices back into pan. Set pan over 2 burners set on high heat. Add 2 cups broth. Boil until liquid is reduced to 2 cups, scraping up browned bits, about 10 minutes. Whisk in reserved 1/3 cup sage butter. Season with pepper. (If desired stir in about 1/4 cup cream)
Transfer gravy to bowl. Uncover platter. Garnish with sage and parsley. Serve turkey with gravy
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Roast Turkey with Sage Butter Recipe Cooking Time & Tips:- For cooking times please see above.
- Leave to cool before carving.
- Allow to cool a little before serving
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Roast Turkey with Sage Butter Recipe Serving Instructions & Tips:- Serve with your choice of vegetables
- Goes well with white wine
- Great for a Thanksgiving or Christmas Meal
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