Oven Baked Turkey with Paprika
- Time: 3 hours. 50 minutes
- Difficulty: Easy
- Amount: 1 Turkey
Ingredients for the recipe:
- 1 (6 kg.) Thawed and gutted turkey, rinse and dry
- 1 tbsp. l smoked paprika
- 1.5 tsp garlic powder
- 1.5 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- Salt and Freshly Ground Peppers
- Fresh thyme for decoration
Recipe preparation:
Stir in a bowl smoked paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, cayenne pepper, dried thyme, 1 tbsp. l salt and 1.5 tsp freshly ground pepper. Grate the turkey with spices inside, outside and under the skin. Put on a baking sheet and cover with foil, refrigerate for 24 hours. To turkey soaked in spices.
Preheat the oven to 160 C. In order for the turkey to brown and get a crisp, it is necessary to get the turkey from the refrigerator half an hour before baking, hold at room temperature. Tie your legs so that the juice does not leak out and tuck your wings or wrap in foil so as not to burn. Put in the very bottom of the oven and bake, about 3 hours, watering every 40 minutes, the resulting fat of the turkey. You can check the readiness of the turkey using a thermometer inserted in the thickest part of the thigh, the temperature should be 75 C. Remove the turkey from the oven and transfer to a dish, cover with foil and leave for 30 minutes. Garnish with thyme sprigs.