Roast turkey

Ingredients

• 1 prepared turkey (about 4 kg)
• salt
• onion
• butter - 50 g
• carrots - 2 pcs
• 2 sprigs of fresh parsley
• vegetable oil
• 100 g celery root

Cooking

Step 1

Wash the turkey, pat dry. Rub with salt and pepper inside and out. Peel vegetables, cut into small cubes. Chop greens. Melt the butter in a frying pan, brown, stirring, onions, carrots and celery for 5 minutes. Cool, transfer to a bowl and mix vegetables with herbs. Add salt and pepper to taste. Stuff the turkey loosely with the mixture. Tie the legs and wings of the bird, sew up the holes with threads. Preheat the oven to 170ºС. Grease a baking sheet with vegetable oil. Also brush the turkey with oil and place on a baking sheet in the oven, breast side up. The baking time is determined at the rate of 12-15 minutes. for every 450 g of bird weight. During baking, turn the carcass periodically, pouring over the remaining vegetable oil or the resulting fat so that it browns on all sides. Put the finished turkey on a serving dish, cut into portions, garnish with soaked lingonberries, herbs and serve. You can serve potatoes in any form as a side dish.