Steps:
- Wash neck and giblets in cold water and set aside. Place turkey in large deep pot, spriknle salt inside an out, rubbing into skin. Cover bird with cold water and stir to dissolve the salt. Refrigerate up to 12 hours. Place neck and giblets in large sauce pot with half of celery, onions, peppers, and garlic. Add 3 cups water and bay leaves. Season with salt and pepper. Bring to boil and skim foam. Add 3 tbs poultry seasoning. Stir and skim for 2 hours. Remove neck and reserve meat. Remove liver and giblets. Dice and refrigerate for Ike. Preheat oven to 350F. Grease piece of foil with 1 tbs butter. Melt 4 tbs butter in large pot until smoking. Add remaining celery, onions, peppers, garlic, adn poultry seasoning. Saute 15 minutes until brown and tender. Add oysters with liquid and cook for 5 minutes. Turn off the heat, add half bread, and stir to soak up liquid. Add icup unstrained stock. Add remaining bread. Add eggs quickly and stir constantly. Season and add parsley, 1/2 tbs rosemary, and green onions. The stuffing shoudl be moist and pliable. Remove turkey from brine and rinse all salt away. Separate breast form skin and place 4 tbsp butter between skin adn meat. Pat skin dry and season inside and out with salt, pepper, adn 1/2 tbs rosemary. Place on rack in roasting pan. Stuff neck then main cavity. Cover neck with skin and tie legs with twine. Cover breast and main cavity with foil, leaving legs and wings exposed. Add i qt stock and roast 1 hour, basting. Baste every 20 minutes for additional hour. Romove foil and roast at 375 for additional hour, or until stuffing is 160F. Remove and tent for 20 minutes. Strain drippings and trim fat. Degalze pan with 3 qt stock. Strain and add to drippings. Boil strained liquid and whisk in roux with giblet meat, and 1/2 tbs rosemary.
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