2 hour
A recipe "pinched" from fellow cook Torrey Moseley at justapinch.com
1 thawed, whole turkey (from 10 - 24 pounds)
2 Tbsp olive oil, extra virgin
1 to 3 tsp coarsely ground salt (kosher or sea)
freshly ground pepper
Directions
1.
Since this employs the use of a VERY hot oven, make sure your oven is
CLEAN before you start to reduce the risk of smoking your family out of the
house. Place oven rack on lowest position in oven. Preheat oven to 475 degrees.
2.
Remove all giblets, neck, pop-up thermometer (if there is one) and any
trussing. Rinse turkey THOROUGHLY, inside and out with cool water, letting all
water drain out of neck and body cavities. Pat dry, inside and out, with paper
toweling.
3.
Place on V or U-shaped wire rack in roasting pan, so that turkey doesn't
rest on bottom of pan. First time I made this I didn't have a rack, so I just
slapped it in my grandmother's old-fashioned blue-enamel roaster pan and it
turned out FINE.
4.
Rub entire outside of dried-off turkey with olive oil. Sprinkle
generously with salt and pepper. I use Kosher salt because it has large, coarse
grains.
5.
Pull wing tips AWAY from the body, twist them and tuck them, backwards,
under the bird...up by its neck.
6.
Using aluminum foil, form caps over the end of each drumstick. If any
parts of the turkey extend beyond pan rim, make a foil "collar"
underneath to make sure drippings flow back into pan. Do NOT tie legs together,
do NOT add stuffing, do NOT close body cavity. NOT NOT NOT. Half-way through
cooking time, turn roaster/turkey around to ensure even cooking.
7. If any part of the turkey becomes too brown during cooking, cover it loosely with foil tent.
Cooking Times
10-13 lbs. = 50 minutes to 1 1/4 hrs.
13-16 lbs. = 1 1/4 hrs to 1 hour 50 minutes.
16-19 lbs. = 1 1/4 hrs to 2 hrs.
19-22 lbs. = 1 1/2 hrs to 2 hrs.
22-24 lbs. = 1 1/2 hrs to 2 1/2 hrs.
25+ lbs. = Are you sure it's not an ostrich you're roasting? If not, call
Guinness Book of Records
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