Roast Wild Turkey

Name: Roast Wild Turkey
Yield: Yield: 12 to 16 Servings.
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 2 celery ribs, left whole; ½ pound salt pork, cut lengthwise into thin slices; 2 celery ribs, cut crosswise in half; 6½ cups Chicken Stock, or canned chicken broth or beef broth; 1 onion, peeled and cut into quarters; Freshly ground pepper to taste; Salt to taste, if desired; 1 wild turkey (about 13 pounds, cleaned weight); 1½ cups thinly sliced onions; ¼ cup coarsely chopped parsley; 2 bay leaves; 3 sage leaves, or ½ teaspoon dried; 1 cup thinly sliced carrot rounds; 4 sprigs fresh thyme, or ½ teaspoon dried

Preparation info

Yield:
12 to 16
Servings.

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Craig Claiborne's Southern Cooking

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1987

About

Ingredients

1 wild turkey (about 13 pounds, cleaned weight)
Salt to taste, if desired
Freshly ground pepper to taste

Americas
United States
Dinner
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the oven to 475 degrees.
Sprinkle the turkey inside and out with salt and pepper. Put the quartered onion and halved celery ribs inside the cavity of the turkey.
Place the turkey, breast side up, in a roasting pan. Cover the top of the t