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Herbed Turkey Buffe
SERVES: 10 • TOTAL TIME: 3 HOURS 15 MINUTES
Ingredients:
4kg turkey buffe
2 large brown onions, thickly sliced
100g salted butter, softened
1 tbsp flat leaf parsley, finely chopped
1 tbsp fresh sage leaves, finely chopped
1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves, finely chopped
3 cloves garlic, crushed
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
Directions:
Preheat oven to 190ËšC.
Lay onions in base of a roasting pan.
Combine butter, herbs and garlic in a bowl and season with salt and pepper.
Use paper towel to pat turkey dry, then use your fingers to create a pocket between the turkey skin and meat. Work half the butter into the pocket and massage it into the meat.
Place turkey in roasting panon top of the onions. Reserve 2 tablespoons of the remaining butter mixture and rub the rest over the outside of the skin. Cover loosely with foil and roast for 2½ hours, then increasethe oven temperature to 220˚C. Remove foil and brush with reserved butter, then cook, uncovered for 30 minutes or until the turkey is golden and cooked through and the internal temperature reaches 70˚C.
Remove from oven, cover loosely with foil and allow to rest for at least 30 minutes.