Apple & Herb Roasted Turkey Recipe

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"My daughter loves to help me make this moist, herb roasted turkey. Her job is to hand Mommy the ingredients - if she doesn't eat them first!" Kimberly Jackson, Gay, Georgia

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Apple & Herb Roasted Turkey Recipe
  • Prep: 20 min. Bake: 3 hours + standing
  • Yield: 14 Servings
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Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup minced fresh sage
  • 1/4 cup minced fresh rosemary
  • 1 turkey (14 pounds)
  • 1 medium apple, quartered
  • 1 medium onion, halved
  • 1 celery rib, halved
  • 1/2 cup butter, melted
  • 1/2 cup apple jelly, warmed

Directions

  • Combine sage and rosemary. With fingers, carefully loosen skin from the turkey breast; rub herbs under the skin. Secure skin to underside of breast with toothpicks.
  • Place breast side up on a rack in a roasting pan. Stuff turkey with apple, onion and celery. Brush with butter.
  • Bake, uncovered, at 325° for 3 to 3-1/2 hours or until a meat thermometer reads 180°, basting occasionally with pan drippings. (Cover loosely with foil if turkey browns too quickly.) Brush with apple jelly. Cover and let stand for 15 minutes before removing toothpicks and carving. Yield: 14 servings.

Nutritional Facts 8 ounces cooked turkey equals 626 calories, 31 g fat (11 g saturated fat), 262 mg cholesterol, 222 mg sodium, 10 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 72 g protein.

Originally published as Apple & Herb Roasted Turkey in Taste of Home October/November 2008, p14

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Reviewed on Dec. 05, 2011 by bltbananas

Looks like I am hosting Christmas at my house. We did not have turkey for Thanksgiving so I though I might try to make one of Christmas. This is the BEST turkey I have ever prepared, it was beautiful, tasty and incredibly moist. I followed the directions exactly and I will be doing it again for Christmas. Oh so moist!


Reviewed on Nov. 23, 2010 by Cookin_It_Up

I used this recipe when I cooked a turkey for the first time a couple of years ago (I never cooked a turkey before because I always had the fear of cooking a dry turkey) and I will never make it any other way...for now! It was so moist and tender and the herbs just set off the flavor. It was to die for!


Reviewed on Nov. 24, 2009 by kwculber

Rosemary is one of my favorite herbs and this just sounds wonderful!


Reviewed on Jul. 25, 2009 by Louise.Hooper

This recipe is simple, easy to prepare and produces a delicious meal that my friends raved about. I cooked it in the Webber kettle with hickory chips to add a beautiful smoke flavour and brushed it with redcurrent jelly as I couldn't get apple here in Australia. If anything I suspect these changes improved the flavour!


Reviewed on Nov. 28, 2008 by allabtgrl


Reviewed on Nov. 28, 2008 by allabtgrl

This turkey was absolutely fabulous and juicy!!!!! My fiances family raved about it! I had a friend at work who was sick yesterday so I brought her a plate to work today. She said it was the juiciest turkey she ever had! I had to substitute the rosemary for thyme bc I'm alergic to rosemary. Absolutely fabulous!

 
 
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