This recipe makes your turkey moist and full of flavor You can also use this recipe for Cornish game hens chicken breasts or roasting chicken Select a turkey sized according to the amount of people you will be serving
Prep Time
20 mins
Dificult
Medium
Servings
4 hrs 45 mins
Ingredients
Instructions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
In a small bowl
mix the olive oil
garlic
rosemary
basil
Italian seasoning
black pepper and salt. Set aside.
Wash the turkey inside and out; pat dry. Remove any large fat deposits. Loosen the skin from the breast. This is done by slowly working your fingers between the breast and the skin. Work it loose to the end of the drumstick
being careful not to tear the skin.
Using your hand
spread a generous amount of the rosemary mixture under the breast skin and down the thigh and leg. Rub the remainder of the rosemary mixture over the outside of the breast. Use toothpicks to seal skin over any exposed breast meat.
Place the turkey on a rack in a roasting pan. Add about 1/4 inch of water to the bottom of the pan. Roast in the preheated oven 3 to 4 hours
or until the internal temperature of the bird reaches 180 degrees F (80 degrees C).
Photo by Melissa Goff.
