Lemon-Sage Turkey

Dairy Free
Health score
28%
Lemon-Sage Turkey
45 min.
12
516kcal

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Ingredients

  • tablespoons butter softened
  • cups cooking wine dry white
  • tablespoons flour all-purpose
  •  sage leaves fresh
  •  optional: lemon halved
  • 12 servings lemon-parmesan stuffing 
  • tablespoons juice of lemon fresh
  • 0.5 teaspoon pepper divided freshly ground
  • leaves garnishes: sage lemon fresh
  • teaspoon salt divided
  • 12 pound turkey 

Equipment

  • frying pan
  • sauce pan
  • oven
  • whisk
  • sieve
  • roasting pan
  • kitchen thermometer

Directions

  1. Remove giblets and neck from turkey. Reserve giblets for Lemon-Parmesan Stuffing. Reserve neck for another use. Rinse turkey thoroughly with cold water; pat dry.
  2. Combine butter and lemon juice; stir well with a wire whisk. Carefully loosen skin from turkey at neck area, working down to breast and thigh area. Rub two-thirds of lemon butter mixture under skin.
  3. Place 8 to 10 sage leaves between skin and meat. Rub inside of body and neck cavities with lemon halves.
  4. Sprinkle cavities evenly with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
  5. Lightly stuff Lemon-Parmesan Stuffing into body and neck cavities of turkey.
  6. Place turkey on a lightly greased rack in a roasting pan, breast side up. Tie legs together with heavy string. Lift wingtips up and over back, and tuck under bird.
  7. Coat turkey with remaining one-third lemon butter mixture; sprinkle with remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
  8. Pour wine into pan. Insert a meat thermometer into meaty portion of thigh, making sure it does not touch bone.
  9. Bake, uncovered, at 325 for 3 1/2 hours on bottom oven rack or until thermometer inserted into thickest part of leg registers 180 and center of stuffing reaches 16
  10. Let turkey stand 15 minutes before carving.
  11. While turkey stands, pour pan drippings through a wire-mesh strainer into a large saucepan, discarding solids.
  12. Combine flour and 3/4 cup pan drippings, stirring until mixture is smooth; add to remaining pan drippings in saucepan, adding enough water to measure 2 1/4 cups, if necessary. Bring mixture to a boil, stirring constantly; reduce heat, and simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes or until mixture is thickened, stirring often.
  13. Serve with turkey.
  14. Garnish, if desired.

Nutrition Facts

Calories516kcal
Protein58.63%
Fat37.85%
Carbs3.52%

Properties

Glycemic Index
14.42
Glycemic Load
1.47
Inflammation Score
-6
Nutrition Score
28.739999865708%

Flavonoids

Malvidin
0.02mg
Catechin
0.31mg
Epicatechin
0.22mg
Eriodictyol
3.54mg
Hesperetin
4.99mg
Naringenin
0.27mg
Luteolin
0.3mg
Kaempferol
0.01mg
Myricetin
0.08mg
Quercetin
0.21mg

Nutrients percent of daily need

Calories:515.94kcal
25.8%
Fat:20.12g
30.95%
Saturated Fat:5.11g
31.92%
Carbohydrates:4.21g
1.4%
Net Carbohydrates:3.68g
1.34%
Sugar:1.05g
1.16%
Cholesterol:231.88mg
77.29%
Sodium:578.89mg
25.17%
Alcohol:4.12g
100%
Alcohol %:1.35%
100%
Protein:70.13g
140.26%
Vitamin B3:24.75mg
123.75%
Selenium:69.34µg
99.06%
Vitamin B6:1.96mg
98.22%
Vitamin B12:3.93µg
65.52%
Phosphorus:602.02mg
60.2%
Zinc:5.81mg
38.71%
Vitamin B2:0.62mg
36.22%
Vitamin B5:2.67mg
26.75%
Potassium:778.71mg
22.25%
Magnesium:86.62mg
21.66%
Copper:0.35mg
17.61%
Iron:3.08mg
17.09%
Vitamin B1:0.18mg
11.91%
Vitamin C:9.45mg
11.46%
Folate:28.67µg
7.17%
Vitamin D:0.97µg
6.44%
Manganese:0.12mg
5.87%
Vitamin A:267.94IU
5.36%
Calcium:45.01mg
4.5%
Vitamin E:0.39mg
2.61%
Fiber:0.53g
2.12%
Source:My Recipes