Citrus and Herb Roasted Turkey
An aromatic roast turkey made with zesty citrus and fresh herbs – your guests will give you rave reviews and are sure to have seconds!
Feeds
10People
Preparation time
180Min.
Difficulty
easy
Ingredients
- ungrouped
- 1 orange, halved
- 1 Knorr chicken stock pot
- 60 ml fresh herbs, chopped (fresh thyme leaves, sage, parsley and/or rosemary)
- 30 ml olive oil
- 2.5 ml Robertsons freshly ground black pepper
- 5 kg turkey, giblets and neck removed (keep aside to use if making)
- 2 medium onions, peeled and quartered
Preparation method
- ungrouped
- Preheat oven to 200°C.
- Squeeze juice from ½ of the orange and set aside.
- Dissolve the KNORR Chicken Stock Pot in a little boiling water and combine in a bowl with the chopped herbs, olive oil, orange juice and black pepper.
- Rub the mixture under and over turkey skin.
- Arrange the remaining ½ orange and onion inside cavity of turkey the place the turkey into a roasting pan on rack.
- Roast the turkey for 45 minutes then decrease the temperature to 180° C and roast for another 1 hour.
- Baste the turkey often during roasting and turn the pan around in the oven.
- Continue roasting until meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh reaches 70°C, about 1 hour.
- Remove turkey from the roasting pan and keep warm until serving.
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