Mayonnaise Roasted Turkey
This is going to be how I prepare a turkey in a week or so, sounds really good. This recipe calls for fresh herbs so unless you are in a big city, you may have to go with dried herbs.
Ingredients
- 1 whole turkey, cleaned, I am going to try this with a 4 to 5 kilo turkey
- 6-7 fresh sage leaves, rough chopped
- 5-6 fresh thyme stems
- 2-3 fresh rosemary sprigs
- 2-3 fresh oregano sprigs
- 1 1/2 cups mayo
- salt and pepper, to taste, be generous
- 3 stalks celery, go with the import for this
- 1 large onion, rough chopped
- 1/2 cup butter, melted, this is 1/2 of a standard block
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 230 C. Get out a baking pan, with a rack preferably. Set cleaned turkey in the baking pan.
- Remove the leaves from the herb stems, mix together sage, thyme, rosemary, and oregano with the mayo, mix well. Rub the mayo mixture all over the outside and inside of the turkey. Salt and pepper the turkey generously.
- Place the celery and onion inside and outside of the turkey, and insert that butter into the turkey as well.
- Roast for 30 minutes, then insert an oven safe thermometer into the thickest part of the thigh, so you can read the temp from outside the oven, do not touch any bones, turn the heat down to 180 C and continue cooking for about 2 hours or until internal temp reaches 75 C, then check the thickest part of the breast, without touching bone as well, if 75 C, remove from oven and cover with foil and let rest for 20-30 minutes. Serve. Reserve the pan drippings for gravy, recipe listed below.
Notes
Based on initial pricing from the turkey farm here (yes, they are still free range, many come through my yard every day) the cost of a turkey of 4 kilo is 600 Baht, plus 100 Baht for cleaning the bird, which I have no problem with! So for 700 Baht, you have turkey to feed a truckload of people and even make additional recipes. Not a cheap meal, but overall, good value since you can get several recipes out of this! For 8 servings (figuring on the low end) this is about $2.58 per serving, not a cheap meal but excellent for friends and family once in a while.
Shortcut for the pan drippings for this recipe: Turkey Gravy.
Adapted from an internet recipe.
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