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. Pour chicken broth into the pan. Do not add water to pan. After 1 hour turn the temperature down to 350 degrees and cook until the turkey s internal temperature reaches 170 degrees. To determine doneness use a meat thermometer.
Sprinkle salt in the cavities. Whenever the drippings evaporate add stock to moisten them about 1 to 2 cups at a time. Place the turkey breast side up on top of the roasting rack inside the roasting pan. 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.
Baste the turkey with melted butter and place without a lid in a conventional oven for the remaining cooking time. Take the insert pan out of the roaster and pre heat the roaster to its highest setting. Do not wash the turkey. Pour water into the roasting pan so that it comes up to the top of the rack.
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. Place turkey breast side up on a roasting rack inside of a large pan. Transfer to oven and immediately reduce oven heat to 350. 1 4 cup salted butter 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon black pepper.
First apply the butter or oil to the skin of the bird. Cook at 400 degrees for 1 hour. To crisp the skin of a turkey cooked in an electric roaster oven remove the turkey from the roaster approximately 45 minutes before the turkey is done. Cover the roasting pan with a lid.
Place turkey in the oven and pour 2 cups turkey stock into the bottom of the roasting pan. Pick up the rack and gently place the rack and the turkey in the turkey roaster. Baste all over every 30 minutes with the juices on the bottom of the pan. The usda says that washing it could cause a spread of salmonella poisoning.