Turkey in the Oven
Main Dishes | Icelandic cuisine
⏳ Time
3 hours
🥕 Ingredients
12
🍽️ Servings
12
Description
The cooking time for the turkey depends on its weight. Here’s a handy guide to help you avoid drying it out and ensure it’s fully cooked: 4–5 kg — cooking time 2.15–2.3 hours; 5–6 kg — cooking time 2.3–3 hours; 6–7 kg — cooking time 3–3.3 hours; 7–8 kg — cooking time 3.3–4 hours; 8–9 kg — cooking time 4–4.15 hours; 9–10 kg — cooking time 4.15–4.3 hours.
Ingredients
- Turkey - 1 piece
- Parsley - 8 sprigs
- Rosemary - 5 sprigs
- Onion - 3 heads
- Lemon - 2 pieces
- Butter - 5 oz
- Olive Oil - 0 fl oz
- Apple - 3 pieces
- Oranges - 2 pieces
- Chicken Broth - 10 fl oz
- Ground Black Pepper - to taste
- Salt - to taste
Step by Step guide
Step 1
Chop the parsley and rosemary.
Step 2
Mix the chopped herbs with pepper, salt, the zest and juice of 1 lemon, softened butter, and olive oil.
Step 3
Thirty minutes before roasting, take the turkey out of the refrigerator and let it sit at room temperature. Pat it dry with paper towels. Carefully separate the skin from the meat in the breast area with your fingers to create a pocket.
Step 4
Spread some of the flavored oil under the skin. Use the remaining oil to coat the turkey inside and out.
Step 5
Stuff the inside of the turkey with a lemon, an onion, and an apple.
Step 6
Tie the legs of the bird together with kitchen twine.
Step 7
Coarsely chop the oranges, apples, and onion.
Step 8
Place them in a deep baking dish, add a few sprigs of parsley and rosemary, and pour in the broth.
Step 9
Transfer the turkey to a rack and cover it with foil. Place the rack over a baking tray filled with onions and fruits, and put this setup in an oven preheated to 355°F for 1.5 to 2 hours.
Step 10
After 1.5 hours, remove the foil, brush the turkey with the pan sauce, and continue roasting for another 1 to 1.5 hours, basting the bird with the sauce every 20 minutes.
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