Christmas turkey recipe with sauce

Now it's your turn to give this secular tradition a special touch. With the recipe we have prepared, you will learn how to make a different marinade, using thin herbs that enhance the taste and guarantee a juicy and memorable turkey. Not only a supper, but a true gastronomic experience that will be the highlight of your night.

How to make Christmas turkey with sauce

Finally cut the herbs and mix the softened butter. Carefully put the seasoned butter between the skin and the meat of the turkey. Add the marinade to a baking dish and over a grill, the turkey. Bake in preheated oven at 250ºC until golden brown. Lower to 180ºC and finish baking to the temperature of 75ºC at the overcox joint with the carcass.

Ingredients

Herbal marinade

• 1 whole turkey
• 1kg of celery cut into medium cubes
• 1 kg of carrot cut into medium cubes
• 1 diced pear onion
• 1 pack of fresh thyme
• 1 pack of fresh rosemary
• Black pepper in grain (to taste)
• 1.5 liter of dry white wine
• Salt to taste

Roast turkey

• 300 grams of unsalted whole butter;
• Various fresh herbs to taste (rosemary, basil, thyme, sage, mint, marjoram etc.)
• Salt to taste

Sauce to accompany

• 1 tablespoon of wheat flour
• 250 ml of cold water
• Salt to taste
• White Kingdom Pepper in Grains to taste

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Preparation mode

• Cut the vegetables into average cubes.
• Mix all ingredients and place the turkey to marinate in a refrigerator for at least 24 hours.

Roast turkey

• Finally cut the herbs and mix the softened butter.
• Carefully put the seasoned butter between the skin and the meat of the turkey.
• Add the marinade to a baking dish and over a grill, the turkey.
• Bake in preheated oven at 250ºC until golden brown.
• Lower to 180ºC and finish baking to the temperature of 75ºC at the overcox joint with the carcass.

Sauce

• Strain the turkey baking sheet, bring to low heat and reduce to concentrate the taste.
• If you do not reach the desired consistency, thick with a mixture of diluted wheat flour in cold water.

Yield: 12 portions

Preparation Time: 240 minutes