{"id":20272,"date":"2025-11-03T13:37:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T18:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/?p=20272"},"modified":"2025-11-03T13:37:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T18:37:24","slug":"fall-scented-classic-roast-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/fall-scented-classic-roast-turkey\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall-Scented Classic Roast Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" src=\"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-content\/gallery\/recipes\/FallScentedClassicRoastTurkey.jpg\" alt=\"Fall-Scented Classic Roast Turkey\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"icoDL\" src=\"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-content\/images\/ico_Print.png\" alt=\"download\" title=\"Print Recipe\" onClick=\"window.print()\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/fall-scented-classic-roast-turkey\/email\/\" title=\"Email This Post\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-EmailIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-email\/images\/ico_email.png\" alt=\"Email This Post\" title=\"Email This Post\" style=\"border: 0px;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span class=\"recTitle\">Fall-Scented Classic Roast Turkey<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\">Prep: 20 minutes plus standing<br \/>\nRoast: 3 hours \u2022 Serves: 20<\/span> <!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"recIngre\"><span>1 <\/span>cup unsalted butter (2 sticks)<br \/>\n<span>2\t<\/span>small navel oranges, quartered<br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>tablespoon drained jarred minced garlic<br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>teaspoon dried sage<br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>teaspoon dried thyme<br \/>\n<span>1\/2 <\/span>teaspoon ground cinnamon<br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>fresh or frozen turkey, thawed if necessary (about 12 to 14 pounds)<br \/>\n<span>1-1\/2 <\/span>teaspoons kosher salt<br \/>\n<span>5\t<\/span>fresh thyme sprigs<br \/>\n<span>4\t<\/span>cinnamon sticks<br \/>\n<span>3\t<\/span>fresh sage sprigs<br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>small Honeycrisp apple, quartered<br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>small yellow onion, peeled and quartered<br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>whole garlic head, halved crosswise<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>1.<\/span>Preheat oven to 325\u00b0; place roasting rack in large deep roasting pan. In medium saucepot, heat butter to a simmer over medium heat. Add 1 orange, minced garlic, dried sage, dried thyme and ground cinnamon; cook 2 minutes or until fragrant, stirring occasionally. Makes about 1 cup butter mixture.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>2.<\/span>Remove neck, giblets and liver from turkey; discard. Place turkey, breast side up, on rack in pan; sprinkle 1\/2 teaspoon salt inside cavity. Place thyme sprigs, cinnamon sticks, sage sprigs, apple, onion, garlic head and remaining orange in cavity. Brush turkey with 1\/4 cup butter mixture; sprinkle with remaining 1 teaspoon salt. If not already secured, tie legs together with kitchen string and tuck wing tips under to hold in place. Tent turkey loosely with aluminum foil; roast 2 hours. Increase heat to 425\u00b0; remove and reserve foil. Roast turkey 1 hour or until juices run clear and internal temperature reaches 160\u00b0 in thickest part of thigh, brushing with 3 tablespoons butter mixture every 15 minutes. Transfer turkey to cutting board; loosely tent with reserved foil and let stand 30 minutes. (Internal temperature will rise to 165\u00b0 upon standing.)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recNut\"><br \/>\nApproximate nutritional values per serving (about 6 ounces turkey):<br \/>\n369 Calories, 20g Fat (9g Saturated), 182mg Cholesterol, 295mg Sodium,<br \/>\n4g Carbohydrates, 1g Fiber, 2g Sugars, 0g Added Sugars, 42g Protein<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>Smart Swaps:<\/span><br \/>\nRubbing the skin with olive oil instead of butter makes for a lighter preparation. Turkey is naturally lean and protein-rich, and a meat thermometer ensures it\u2019s perfectly cooked at 165\u00b0 without drying out.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fall-Scented Classic Roast Turkey Prep: 20 minutes plus standing Roast: 3 hours \u2022 Serves: 20<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,5],"tags":[93],"class_list":["post-20272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-05_lunch-dinner","category-recipes","tag-25hol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20272"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20273,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20272\/revisions\/20273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}