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Ingredients
- 15 lb whole turkey
- 1 stick of butter
- 1 chopped parsley
- 2 lemons
- 1 olive oil
- 1 bacon
- 1 salt and pepper
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 onion
- 1 bay leaf
Method
- Add salt and pepper in the cavity.
- Cut onions in half and stuff in cavity with a whole lemon.
- Now start making the butter.
- Put a stick of butter in a mixing bowl.
- Add chopped parsley, chopped garlic cloves, lemon zest, splash of olive oil and squeeze lemon juice.
- And mix.
- Gently loose the skin without breaking and line the inside with bay leaves.
- Then rub butter mix on the skin and inside underneath the loose skin.
- Gently message the entire bird with butter.
- Place the turkey in preheated oven at 350 for 3 hours while basting every 30 min.
- 15 min before its done add bacon strips on top of the bird.
- This bacon will keep it moist and be used for gravy.
- Remove the turkey and let it rest for about an hour before carving.
