Herbed Roast Turkey

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 2005, America's Test Kitchen TV

How do you give a turkey herb flavor that's more than superficial? We rubbed, soaked, injected, poked, and operated on more than two dozen birds to find out.

SERVES 10 to 12

TIME 2½ hours, plus 4 hours brining, 30 minutes chilling, and 30 minutes resting

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For a roast turkey recipe that would produce a bird with powerful, aromatic flavor through and through, we made a vertical slit in the breast meat and, using a paring knife, created an expansive pocket by sweeping the blade back and forth. ...

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