Roast Wild Turkey Recipe

Roast Wild Turkey Recipe

Ingredients:
1-10 to 12 pound wild turkey (fresh or frozen will work)
12 Tablespoons unsalted butter softened
4 Garlic cloves minced
1/2 Teaspoon salt
1/2 Teaspoon ground pepper

Directions:
Begin preparing the turkey the night before you plan to bake it. Combine butter, garlic, salt and pepper until mixture is smooth. Loosen the turkey's skin with your fingers being careful not to tear it. Rub the turkey inside and out with the spice butter mixture especially under the breast skin. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight. Remove turkey from refrigerator at least 1 hour before cooking.
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Grease rack in roasting pan. Place turkey breast side down in roasting pan. Cook for 1 hour reducing oven temperature to 350 degrees F after the first 20 minutes.
Turn turkey breast side up and avoid tearing skin or piercing the flesh. Baste the turkey with accumulated stock and juices. Allow a total roasting time of about 13 to 15 minutes per pound or until  turkey has internal temp of 160 degrees F. Continue basting at twenty minute intervals for remainder of roasting time. Cover breast with aluminum foil if it appears to be browning to quickly but keep basting breast under foil.
Remove the turkey from oven and cover with foil, let rest for about 20 minutes before carving.

Roast Wild Turkey Recipe