Help with my turkey for thursday!!!pls!!!!?!
Answers: ok so i have a 20 lb bird!!! i bought dried rosemary , ground sage and ground thyme but i dunno what to do can someone help me? i mean do i melt the butter and combine all the herbs and mix it with the melted butter or baste the bird with butter then sprinkle the herbs??? and i also bought fresh rosemary i really dont know for what????thanks!!!
You could leave your butter out to soften then mix in some of the herbs to make an herb butter. Place it into a gallon sized ziplock bag. Force he butter to the bottom of the bag and then roll the butter up in the bag to form a log. Freeze until it is firm. Then carefully create pockets between the skin of the bird and the meat. Just start near the open cavity and carefully work your hand under it. Once the skin is loose take the firm butter out of the freezer, cut open the bag and remove you butter log. Cut the log into quarter inch slices and place these "coins" of butter under the skin, spreading them out evenly, save a couple of "coins" for inside the bird. As the bird bakes, the butter will melt and not only flavor the meat but also baste the inside (you will still need to baste the outside).
OR... just stuff the bird with the herbs, they will cook and release their flavor and aroma into the meat from the inside and then baste the bird with the butter and it's juices as it cooks.
I hope this is of some help. Good luck and I hope everything works out for you and HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Butterball has a website that will help you http://www.butterball.com or check out the source link.
Food Network.com also has some great tips.
I rub the bird with olive oil then add the herbs and also salt which helps crisp the skin- I throw the whole bird in an oven bag so I don't have to worry about basting and the meat doesn't dry out:) You could add the fresh rosemary to your stuffing...Have a Happy Thanksgiving.