Placing chopped, fresh herbs under, rather than on top of the skin, helps infuse the meat with flavor. As an added bonus, the turkey will perfume your house with a delectable aroma as it cooks.
Ingredients
INGREDIENTS
Bay Leaf
Carrot
Celery
Chicken Broth
fresh sage 2 leaves
fresh thyme
Fresh Thyme Leaves
freshly ground black pepper
garlic cloves
onion
Salt
turkey
unsalted butter
Directions
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 425°F.
Combine the onion, carrot, celery, bay leaf, and 2 sprigs thyme in the bottom of a roasting pan. Remove and discard the giblets from the turkey
Combine the chopped sage, thyme leaves, butter, garlic, salt, and pepper in a medium bowl. Rub the mixture both under and over the skin. Place the remaining thyme sprigs and sage sprigs in turkey cavity
Place turkey breast side up on vegetable mixture in the roasting pan
Pour the pan drippings through a wire sieve into a fat separator, pressing on the solids with a rubber spatula
