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Roast Turkey with Garlic & Rosemary

Roast turkey for Thanksgiving is one of those foods guaranteed to cheer up your family table. It's up to you to customize this recipe with the ingredients in your cupboard and double its flavor. If you like different and various flavors, you will love this recipe.

Preparation: 30 min

Cooking: 3 hours 20 minutes

Resting Period: 2 days (with brine)

Servings: 8 people

Ingredients:

5 kg turkey (Ready to bake- Neck and giblets removed)

3 onions

3 red capia peppers

2 heads of garlic

2 potatoes

2 tablespoons of salt

1 tablespoon of thyme leaves

1 teaspoon of black pepper

For the sauce:

8 cloves of garlic

4 sprigs of rosemary

9 tablespoons of olive oil

Directions:

1. Two days before presenting the recipe, mix the salt, thyme leaves and pepper with the help of a spice grinder.

2. Place the turkey on a baking sheet and season all sides (inside, outside, under the skin) with the salt mixture.

Lay the turkey breast side up and refrigerate for up to 2 days.

If you want the turkey to be crispy, you can leave it open to dry. Other than that, cover it loosely.

3. Place rosemary sprigs inside the skin of your turkey on the day of baking.

From the remaining ingredients for the sauce, beat the garlic well and mix it with olive oil.

Spread this oil mixture over the turkey. Wait 30 minutes.

4. Set your oven to 170°C. When setting the cooking time, you can calculate an average of 40 minutes per the first kilogram. (This time may vary depending on the type of oven, it should be checked from time to time.)

5. Enrich the baking tray on which you place the turkey with vegetables such as onions, garlic, potatoes, and red peppers. Cover loosely with foil and fry throughout the cooking time.

6. About 30 minutes before the end of the cooking, remove the foil, grease the turkey a little bit more, turn on the fan mode and bring the temperature to 190°C.

When the turkey is nicely browned and fully cooked, take it out of the oven and let it rest for 1 hour with the foil.

While serving, pour the turkey juice into the tray over the turkey with the help of a spoon.

Happy Thanksgiving!