Roast Turkey

Ingredients

• 1. Dress, stuff and truss a turkey.
• pour into the pan % c. boiling water
• 3^ c. butter or dripping.

Method

1. 1

   Place on rack in roasting-pan; sprinkle lightly with salt, brush over with melted butter and sprinkle with flour, or place strips of fat bacon over breast.

2. 2

   Place in hot oven to start the cooking quickly, then reduce heat and pour into the pan boiling water and butter or dripping.

3. 3

   Baste every 15 mins.

4. 4

   Time — an 8-lb. turkey requires about 2.5 to 3 hours; a 12-lb. turkey requires about 3.5 to 4 hours.

5. 5

   Serve with Brown Gravy and Cranberry Jelly or Sauce.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Canadian cook book (1924) by Nellie Lyle Pattinson, page 20. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ROAST TURKEY. 1. Dress, stuff and truss a turkey. 2. Place on rack in roasting-pan ; sprinkle lightly with salt, brush over with melted butter and sprinkle with flour, or place strips of fat bacon over breast, or a paste of 3 tb. butter and 2 tb. flour may be spread over legs and breast. 3. Place in hot oven to start the cooking quickly, then reduce heat and pour into the pan % c. boiling water and 3^ c. butter or dripping.

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