Best Roast Turkey Recipes. Brined, smoked, wrapped in pastry or straight roasted, these are flavour infused recipes that are perfect for Thanksgiving and the Holidays.
Best Roast Turkey Recipes
We love a turkey dinner at our house. We always have.
Turkey is not always a special occasion or Holiday meal here in Newfoundland. Very often it’s the main dish in a Sunday roast dinner.
Open roasted turkey.
One of the most popular meals we use for entertaining is what we call “Casual Turkey”. Even family and friends have come to embrace the term and use it all the time.
Basically it is a very simple open roasted turkey. Generally it’s just seasoned well and roasted uncovered with no basting. We serve that with Newfoundland Dressing and English style roasted potatoes and Honey roasted carrots.
English Style Roasted Potatoes. Crispy outside, fluffy and steaming inside.
Gravy is something we almost always have in the freezer here. I always make double batches of gravy every time and freeze half. Always having great gravy on hand is a real game changer for weeknight meals.
This collection of recipes goes a bit beyond our usual Casual Turkey. You’ll fiond ideas for a big family dinner as well as dishes like Turkey Hazelnut Wellington that are great for just couples or for dinner parties.
Choose any or all, they are all packed with flavour. No boring Turkey here!
Time for leftovers?
Be sure to check out our entire collection of leftover turkey recipes, all of which are just as good for leftover chicken as well.
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Best Roast Turkey Recipes
Orange and Clove Brined Roast Turkey - brining turkey before roasting ensures a juicy, succulent cooked bird with seasoning and infused flavours throughout the meat.
The lemon sage butter gets tucked under the skin of the bird to infuse its flavor directly into the meat while adding extra moisture to ensure a succulent, juicy turkey.
Simple Brined Smoked Turkey. We separate the dark and white pieces for brining and for smoking at different cooking times to ensure a perfectly moist turkey in both the breast and the legs.
Flat Roasted Garlic Herb Turkey - a delicious, flavour infused turkey roasted to juicy perfection in much less time than a stuffed turkey.
Lemon Rosemary Brined Roasted Turkey. A juicy, succulent, deeply seasoned turkey for all seasons. Turkey is not just for Thanksgiving and Christmas but it would make be ideal for those occasions as well.
Turkey Cranberry and Spinach Wellington. A holiday turkey alternative, especially for just a few people. Makes an easy but impressive dish to prepare in advance for a dinner party.
There's no doubt every great Thanksgiving dinner requires great side dishes! Here's our collection of some very tasty favourites.