Roast Turkey with Stuffing
Roast Turkey with Stuffing — a turkey recipe, 16 ingredients, about 240 min.
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Ingredients
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- 4 cups crumbled cornbread
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon freshly-ground black pepper
- 2 teaspoons dried/rubbed sage
- 1 cup dried apples, diced
- ¾ cup walnuts, roughly chopped
- 1 cup buttermilk
- ¼ cup dried cherries, stemmed and finely chopped
- 8 egg yolks, beaten
- 1 stick butter, softened and whipped
- 2 ½ cups shredded cooked chicken or turkey
- 1 ea. (18 pounds) whole turkey
- ½ cup butter, softened
- 1 ½ quarts turkey stock or chicken stock
- Salt to taste
- Freshly-ground black pepper to taste
Make it lactose-friendly
- 1 cup buttermilk → lactose-free milk + 1 tsp lemon juice per cup
- 1 stick butter, softened and whipped → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil
- ½ cup butter, softened → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil
Steps
- Combine stuffing ingredients in a bowl and mix well.
- Preheat oven to 325°F. Place the rack in the lowest position of the oven.
- Remove the neck and giblets.
- Rinse the turkey and pat it dry with paper towels.
- Place the turkey, breast side up, on a rack in the roasting pan. Rub the skin with softened butter, and season with salt and pepper.
- Fill the body cavity with stuffing.
- Place a meat thermometer in the thickest part of one thigh.
- Position an aluminum foil tent over the turkey.
- Place the turkey in the oven and pour 2 cups of stock into the bottom of the roasting pan.
- Roast the turkey for 2½ hours, basting the entire turkey every 30 minutes with the juices on the bottom of the pan. Add stock to the drippings as they become dry, about 1–2 cups at a time.
- Remove aluminum foil tent.
- Roast until the meat reaches 185°F and the stuffing reaches 165°F. This should take about 4 hours. If the stuffing isn't done by the time the turkey is ready, scoop the stuffing out and bake it alone in the oven until it reaches the correct temperature.
- Serve immediately.
Source
Wikibooks Cookbook — adapted under CC BY-SA 3.0