Italian roasted turkey

10 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
1tablespoonItalian seasoning
2teaspoonsSeason-all season salt
2teaspoonsDry ground mustard
1teaspoonGarlic powder
½teaspoonBlack pepper
1Turkey; (about 12 lbs.) fresh or frozen, thawed
2Bay leaves
2Stalks celery
1Onion; quartered
1smallOrange; quartered
1tablespoonOlive oil; (1 to 2)

Directions

Preheat oven to 325ø F. Combine first 5 ingredients; set aside, WASH turkey and remove giblets, Place turkey on rack in shallow baking pan. Sprinkle 2 tsp of seasoning mixture inside the turkey, Stuff Bay Leaves, celery stalks, onion and orange inside turkey. Rub oil and remaining seasoning mixture over entire surface of turkey. Loosely tent with foil. bake 3½ - 4 hours or until meat thermometer reads 180 F in thigh. Baste several times with pan juices. Remove foil during the last 30 minutes of cooking.

Formatted by RecipeLu, Orginal post by mhembree@... (mary key) on 2 Nov 1997 22:06:06 -0700, converted by MC_Buster.

Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 314 by RecipeLu <recipelu@...> on Nov 27, 1997