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Herb-rubbed Turkey Recipe


Herb-Rubbed Turkey Recipe
I'm not a person who cooks fancy things, but I found the recipe in time for Thanksgiving last year, and tried it out, I am so glad I did!

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Ingredients
  • 1 turkey (about 14 pounds)
  • 2 tsp dried rosemary
  • 2 tsp dried thyme
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp coarse ground black pepper
  • 2 medium onions, cut into 2in pieces
  • 1 cup Chardonnay or other dry white wine
  • 1 can (14 oz) chicken broth
  • water
  • 1/3 cup all purpose flour

Directions
  1. Preheat over to 325
  2. Remove giblets and neck from inside trukey
  3. Rinse turkey with cold running water
  4. Pat dry with paper towels
  5. Combine spices, sprinkle 1 Tsp herbs inside turkey
  6. Place onions inside turkey
  7. Rub turkey all over with remaining herb mixture
  8. Cover turkey with a loose tents of foil; roast 2 hours
  9. Remove foil and continue to roast 1 1/2 - 1 3/4 hours longer basting with pan drippings if you like
  10. When done remove turkey from pan letting juice run into pan
  11. Strain drippings, into large bowl let stand for 1 minutes to seperate fat from juices. Spoon 3 Tsp fat into 2Qt saucepan - set aside
  12. Discard remaining fat - but not the juice!
  13. Place roasting pan over 2 burners and cook 2-4 mins on med-high heat to brown bits on bottom of pan, add wine to roasting pan
  14. Boil 4-5 minutes until wine is reduced to about 1/4 cup - stirring constantly
  15. Add wine to meat juice, add broth and enough water to make 4 cups liquid.
  16. Mix flour into fat in saucepan - cook 2-3 minutes stirring constantly
  17. Gradually add meat juice mixture.
  18. Cook 5-6 minutes or until gravy boils and thickens.

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