
Here’s what you need:
- Butter, 2½ sticks, salted
- Salt and Pepper
- Onions
- Garlic
- Apples
- Oranges
- Lemons
- Fresh Herbs (I use Sage, Thyme and Rosemary)
- Bacon, 2 lbs.
- Flour
- Cranberries
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F ( 175 degrees C)
Rinse turkey and remove giblets
Apply ½ stick of butter between the breast meat and skin. This will keep the white meat very tender and juicy.
Salt and pepper the outside of the skin
Stuff the cavity with onion, garlic, apples, oranges, lemons, fresh herbs and 2 sticks of salted butter.
Cover the top of the turkey with slices of uncooked bacon. These will crisp up during cooking and brown and flavor the turkey.
Sprinkle the oven bag with some flour and shake the bag ( this will prevent the bag from bursting in the oven)
Place turkey in the bag with more sprigs of fresh herbs and cranberries.
Seal the bag and poke several holes in the bag with a fork.
Bake in the over for 3 ½ to 4 hours, or until internal temperature of the thigh meat reaches 180 F (85 degrees C)