Roast Turkey with Sage Garlic Butter Recipe

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Roast Turkey with Sage Garlic Butter
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Ingredients
8
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Nutrition
13675
Calories
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Make brine: Boil 1 qt. water with salt in a pot big enough to hold turkey, stirring until salt is dissolved. Add 2 qts. cold water and let cool to room temperature. Meanwhile, remove leg truss from turkey and discard. Remove neck, tail, and giblets and save for broth if you like. Pull off and discard lumps of fat. Rinse bird inside and out. Lower turkey into brine. If breast isn't submerged, make more brine, cool, and add. Chill, covered, at least 12 hours.
  2. Make butter: In a food processor, whirl butter, sage, and garlic until smooth.
  3. Preheat oven to 350°. Lift turkey from brine, rinse, and pat dry. Set turkey on a V-shaped rack in a 12- by 17-in. roasting pan (big enough so turkey fits inside rim).
  4. Slide your fingers between skin and flesh of bird, turning bird to make pockets of space on the breast, back, and leg areas. Still using your fingers, slide about 1 tbsp. sage butter at a time under skin in all the pockets. Place bird, breast up, on rack.
  5. Roast turkey, basting occasionally with pan drippings, until a meat thermometer inserted straight down through thickest part of breast to the bone registers 160°, 2 to 3 hours. Transfer turkey to a platter and tent with foil. Let rest in a warm place 15 to 30 minutes, then carve.
  6. Meanwhile, make gravy: Pour drippings into a clear measuring cup, using a flat spatula to scrape off browned bits stuck to pan. Skim fat from drippings, reserve 1/4 cup of fat, and discard the rest. Measure drippings; add hot water if needed to make 1 cup total.
  7. In a large frying pan, heat reserved fat over medium heat. Add flour and cook, whisking constantly, until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Add drippings, whisking into a smooth paste. Whisk in about 1/2 cup broth at a time, letting mixture come to a boil between additions. Stir in sage.
  8. Make ahead: Chill sage garlic butter, covered, up to 4 days; bring to room temperature when ready to use.
  9. Note: Nutritional analysis is per serving.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 13675.2 Kcal (57255 kJ)
Calories from fat 6217.46 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 690.83g 1063%
Cholesterol 6365.41mg 2122%
Sodium 36275.5mg 1511%
Potassium 18688mg 398%
Total Carbs 87.73g 29%
Sugars 0.42g 2%
Dietary Fiber 13.64g 55%
Protein 1809.98g 3620%
Vitamin C 9.2mg 15%
Vitamin A 2.3mg 76%
Iron 90.2mg 501%
Calcium 1411.4mg 141%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 159.08 Kcal (666 kJ)
Calories from fat 72.32 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 8.04g 1063%
Cholesterol 74.04mg 2122%
Sodium 421.97mg 1511%
Potassium 217.39mg 398%
Total Carbs 1.02g 29%
Sugars 0g 2%
Dietary Fiber 0.16g 55%
Protein 21.05g 3620%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 15%
Iron 1mg 501%
Calcium 16.4mg 141%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 330.3
    Points
  • 352
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • sugar free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Total Fat

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