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Last year, my sis as well as I used the "Perfect Roast Turkey" recipe from Martha Stewart as well as it was indeed perfect.

20 pound turkey, thawed

4 sticks of butter, room temp

1 bottle of white vino (dry)

2 teaspoons of body of body of water salt

2 teaspoons of pepper

1 bunch of thyme

1 bunch of sage

1 caput of garlic, cutting inwards half

2 lemons, cutting inwards half

cheesecloth

Let the turkey laid upward out at room temperature for two hours.  Take out all of the inners from the turkey cavity.  Pat the entire turkey downwardly amongst a newspaper towel.   Pre-heat oven to 450 degrees amongst the rack inwards the lowest position.

In a saucepan, melt iii sticks butter as well as combine amongst bottle of wine.  Fold the cheesecloth to exercise a iv layer slice that would embrace the entire bird.  Soak the cheesecloth inwards the butter as well as vino mixture.

In the turkey's large cavity, sprinkle one-half of the tabular array salt & pepper evenly.  Stuff the turkey amongst the sage, thyme, garlic & lemon.  Close upward the cavity amongst its ain peel using toothpicks.   Tie the legs together amongst twine.

Rub the remaining one stick of butter on the exterior of the turkey as well as sprinkle amongst remaining tabular array salt & pepper.  Place the butter & vino soaked cheesecloth over the turkey, roofing completely.

Bake at 450 degrees for xxx minutes.  Baste amongst butter as well as vino basting liquid.

Reduce the oven to 350 degrees for the side yesteryear side two 1/2 hours.  Baste amongst butter & vino mixture every xxx minutes.

After the showtime iii hours (30 min at 450 degrees as well as two 1/2 hours at 350 degrees) take the cheesecloth (it volition travel really brown).  Bake for one to a greater extent than hr or until thermometer reads 180 degrees at the thickest purpose of the thigh.

Total cooking fourth dimension iv hours.

Transfer the turkey to a serving platter as well as permit it residuum for xxx minutes earlier carving.

The Gravy

Pour the pan juices from the turkey pan into a drinking glass pitcher (or criterion cup).  Let the fatty settle to the top.  Spoon off or pour off the fatty as well as discard.  Into a drinking glass jar, lay 1/3 loving cup of flour along amongst 1/3 loving cup of the hot pan juices.  Shake well.  Pour the flour mixture into the turkey pan along amongst the remaining juices.  Place over a medium oestrus as well as scrape all of the bits off of the pan.  Whisk or stir over medium oestrus until thickened.  Serve warm.

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