HomeRecipe Articles Links Forum Sign In Register Categories Search for Recipes Ethnic Main Dishes Soups & Stuff Baked Goods Fruits, grains & veggies On the Side Sweets & Desserts Snacks & Appetizers Holiday Foods Special Diets Miscellaneous Pizza Famous Recipes Free Newsletter Get the Chef's top picks right in your inbox! Your Email Subscribe Unsubscribe Ask The Chef Can't find the recipe your looking for? Have a cooking or food preperation question? No problem. Ask The Chef! Latest Recipes Top Recipes Our Friends Home -> Holiday Foods -> Christmas Herb Roasted Turkey Recipe Rating: N/A Printer Friendly Recipe submitted by chefdude7263 Ingredients   (view qty in metric system instead) 1 cup butter, room temperature 1 3/4 tsp. plus 1 tsp. crumbled dried rosemary, divided 1 3/4 tsp. plus 1 tsp. crumbled dried thyme, divided 1/2 tsp. salt 14 pound turkey, neck and giblets reserved 1 large leek, white and light green parts only, chopped 1 medium carrot, peeled and sliced 5 cups chicken broth Directions Stir together butter, 1 3/4 tsp. rosemary, 1 3/4 tsp. thyme and salt in a small bowl. Reserve 6 tbsp. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Rinse turkey inside and out. Combine leek, carrot and remaining rosemary and thyme and stuff into turkey cavity. Truss or skewer turkey to seal cavity. Rub 2 tbsp. herb butter mixture all over turkey skin. Place turkey on a rack in a large roasting pan. Arrange neck and giblets around turkey. Roast turkey to an internal temperature of 170 degrees, about 2 hours 45 minutes, basting with 1/3 cup broth and herb butter every 30 minutes. Transfer turkey to a platter and tent with foil. Pour pan juices into a large measuring cup. Spoon off fat. Pour remaining 2 cups broth into roasting pan and bring to a boil on stovetop burners. Pour hot broth back into measuring cup and add enough additional broth to equal 6 cups. Transfer broth to a medium saucepan and boil until reduced to 3 cups. Whisk in reserved 6 tbsp. herb butter. Slice turkey and serve with herb-butter sauce Serves 10 to 12. Related Recipes •   Butter and Herb Roasted Turkey •   Roasted Turkey with Shallots and Chestnuts •   Roasted Christmas Turkey with Herbed Sausage Corn Bread Stuffing •   Roast Turkey with Herbs and Vegetables •   Rosemary Lemon Roasted Turkey •   Cranberry Orange Christmas Turkey •   Christmas Spiced Tea •   Quick Roasted Turkey Gravy •   Traditional New England Roast Holiday Turkey •   Holiday Maple Roasted Turkey with Sage Corn Bread Stuffing •   Roast Turkey with White Wine-Herb Pan Sauce •   Roasted Fresh Turkey •   Roasted Thanksgiving Turkey with Cranberry Stuffing •   Turkey with Molasses Glaze •   Glazed Roast Turkey •   Quick Hot Turkey Sandwich with Sherry Gravy •   Holiday Turkey with Herbed Sausage Cornbread Stuffing •   Spicy Turkey Burgers •   Herbed Turkey Roast •   Barbecued Turkey Legs View/Post Comments (0) Add To MyRecipeBox Send to a Friend

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