Makes:
16 servings
Total Time:
4 hr 10 min
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Category:
Dinner Entrees
Sub Category: Chicken & Turkey Entrees
what you need
- 1 whole turkey (12 lb.), neck and giblets removed
- Butter
- 2 apples, cored and halved
- 1 Tbsp. garlic powder
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 2/3 (750 milliliter) bottle champagne
make it
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Rinse turkey and pat dry. Gently loosen turkey breast skin, and insert pieces of butter between the skin and breast. Place apples inside the turkey's cavity. Sprinkle with garlic powder, salt & pepper.
Place turkey in a roasting bag, and pour champagne over the inside and outside of the bird. Close bag, and place turkey in a roasting pan.
Bake turkey 3 to 3 1/2 hrs. in the preheated oven, or until the internal temp. is 180 degrees F when measured in the meatiest part of the thigh. Remove turkey from bag, and let stand for at least 20 min. before carving.
Notes
This recipe makes a deliciously moist turkey.
