Roasting A Turkey In A Granite Roaster

On mine it s 450 but use 500 if your oven goes that high.

Roasting a turkey in a granite roaster.

Pick up the rack and gently place the rack and the turkey in the turkey roaster. Cover the roasting pan with a lid. Place roast skin side up on a flat roasting rack in a 2 inch deep roasting pan. Pour 1 can of chicken stock into the roaster and close the lid.

Cook at 400 degrees for 1 hour. To determine doneness use a meat thermometer. Do not wash the turkey. After 1 hour turn the temperature down to 350 degrees and cook until the turkey s internal temperature reaches 170 degrees.

Pour water into the roasting pan so that it comes up to the top of the rack. Baste the turkey with melted butter and place without a lid in a conventional oven for the remaining cooking time. Sprinkle salt in the cavities. 1 4 cup salted butter 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon black pepper.

Transfer to oven and immediately reduce oven heat to 350. Place the turkey breast side up on top of the roasting rack inside the roasting pan. Place turkey in the oven and pour 2 cups turkey stock into the bottom of the roasting pan. The usda says that washing it could cause a spread of salmonella poisoning.

Take the insert pan out of the roaster and pre heat the roaster to its highest setting. Baste all over every 30 minutes with the juices on the bottom of the pan. Baste every 30 to 45 minutes with. Pour chicken broth into the pan.

Roast uncovered according to cooking schedule or until meat thermometer in center of breast roast reaches 170 f and in center of turkey roast reaches 175 f. The basic ingredients required to cook a turkey in a covered roasting pan are a 14 pound turkey olive oil or butter salt and pepper to taste low sodium chicken broth 1 dried bay leaf 1 2 cup of white wine and a pinch of chopped herbs such as thyme or rosemary. Place turkey breast side up on a roasting rack inside of a large pan. Whenever the drippings evaporate add stock to moisten them about 1 to 2 cups at a time.