Honey-Basted Roast Turkey

• 1 sm Turkey; 10-12 pounds
• 2 tb Hazelnut or peanut oil
• 1/2 ts Ground sage
• 1/2 ts Dried spicebush berries or allspice
• Salt and ground pepper; to taste
• 1 sm Bunch wild onions or green onions
• 4 tb Honey

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350 F.

2. 2

   Remove giblets from turkey and reserve for gravy if desired.

3. 3

   Rinse turkey and pat dry.

4. 4

   Rub inside and out with oil and season with sage, spicebush berries, salt and pepper.

5. 5

   Stuff neck and body cavities with onions and truss, if desired.

6. 6

   Place turkey in roasting pan.

7. 7

   Roast, allowing 18 to 20 minutes per pound, until juices run clear with no hint of pink when thigh is pierced.

8. 8

   During the last hour of cooking, baste turkey two to three times with honey, A good pan gravy can be made if you are pan roasting the turkey, though if you are spit roasting you will not have the drippings.

9. 9

   Garnish with a string of cranberries, if desired.

10. 10

    Serves 8-10.

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    Serving Ideas : serve with giblet pan gravy.

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    NOTES : use a decorative string of cranberries with bay or sage leaves.