wild turkey in the oven

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ROASTED WILD TURKEY


A wild turkey would be treated the same as a domestic bird. Keep the stuffing simple and not too highly seasoned. After stuffing the turkey, rub well with butter, salt, and pepper. Place it on a rack in a roasting pan. Roast in a 325 degree F. oven and allow 22-25 minutes per pound of turkey. Baste turkey often with equal amounts of butter and white wine.

NOTE: If you normally cook your domestic turkey in foil or a brown-in bag, the same may be done with a wild turkey.

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Apricot Turkey

One Wild Turkey cleaned and washed
1 onion cut up
Stuffing mix
Two apples
6 baby carrots
3 stalks of celery chopped
8 bacon Slices
1 apple chopped
Salt and pepper
Stuff bird with mix, apple, carrots, celery, and onion and stuffing mix. You may cook the birds slowly at 350 degrees F or quickly at 450 degrees F. Wild Turkey is much dries than supermarket turkey. Be sure to baste often with a mixture of butter and wine or butter and broth. The time required will depend on the size of the bird and the desired amount of doneness. Turkey will need 20 minute t the pound. at 350 degrees F.

While Pheasant is cooking make a sauce of
one jar of apricot preserves with added canned or dried appricots
1 tbsp. brandy.

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Turkey and Wild Rice

1 cup raw wild rice
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can mushrooms
2 1/2 cups water
Water chestnuts
Turkey pieces for 6, cut up, floured and browned
1 pkg. instant onion soup mix
Mix rice, canned soups, water, mushrooms and water chestnuts in 9x13 glass casserole. Add pheasant. Sprinkle with onion soup mix. Cover lightly with foil. Bake 2-2 1/2 hours at 300 degrees.

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Roast Wild Turkey
Ingredients:


1 Wild Turkey
1/2 Cup butter
Salt and Pepper


Stuffing:


Rub the inside of the turkey with butter, salt and pepper, mix the following ingredients and stuff into turkey cavity.


3 Cups of roasted peanuts
4 Cups of dried bread crumbs
1 Egg, beaten
1 Onion, finely chopped
3 tsp. Butter, melted
1/2 Cup chicken stock
1/2 tsp. Black pepper
1/2 tsp. Sage
1 tsp. Garlic powder
6-8 Strips of bacon
1/2 Cup butter
1 tsp. onion powder


Directions:
Place turkey in a roaster
Lay the bacon strips over the breast. Cover the breast with cheese cloth and pour butter over the turkey so the cloth is saturated. Sprinkle with onion powder, salt and pepper. Roast in the oven at 350 degrees for 20 minutes per pound, basting frequently with the juices. When the bird is about done, remove the cloth to brown it a little more if necessary.


Serves 8