Roast Wild Turkey
A Carolina mountain recipe for Roast Wild Turkey.
Ingredients
- 1 wild turkey 8 to 10 lbs
- 1 lb. of pork sausage
- 1/2 cup of butter
- 1/2 lb. of sliced mushrooms
- 2 stalks of chopped celery
- 1 chopped onion
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 6 cups of bread cubes
- 1 egg
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 325F.
- 2
If the wild taste is something you do not like, marinate the turkey in buttermilk for 24 hours.
- 3
Brown the pork sausage in a skillet and drain the grease. Add the butter, mushroom, garlic, onion, and celery to skillet and melt the butter.
- 4
Pour the mix over the bread cubes in a bowl and stir in the egg.
- 5
Clean inside and out and dry the turkey.
- 6
Stuff the prepared dressing into the cavity and place turkey in a roasting pan.
- 7
Place a meat thermometer in the breast of the turkey avoiding the bones.
- 8
Lightly rub oil over the turkey.
- 9
Cover the turkey loosely with foil. Place roasting pan in oven for about 3 1/2 hours, occasionally basting with oil or butter.
- 10
Remove the foil and continue to roast for 30 min.
- 11
The turkey is done when the thermometer reads 185F.
- 12
Pull the turkey from the oven and let sit for 30 min.