Roast Turkey with Sage and Sherried Cider Giblet Gravy recipe for managing PCOS and pregnancy on Fertility Chef

Lunch: Roast Turkey with Sage and Sherried Cider Giblet Gravy

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Health and fertility benefits of Roast Turkey with Sage and Sherried Cider Giblet Gravy

Lemons can help to prevent oxidative damage to the body, which women with PCOS are often susceptible to.

Ingredients

a 12- to 14-pound turkey, neck and giblets (excluding liver) reserved for making stock
1/2 lemon, cut into 2 wedges
7 large fresh sage sprigs
2 slices firm whole-wheat sandwich bread
1/2 Granny Smith apple, quartered lengthwise
1/2 onion, quartered lengthwise
8 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1 cup water

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425 ° F.
Rinse turkey and pat dry inside and out. Season turkey inside and out with salt and pepper and pack neck cavity with 1 lemon wedge, 1 sage sprig, and 1 bread slice. Fold neck skin under body and fasten with a skewer. Fill body cavity with apple, onion, 3 sage sprigs, and remaining lemon wedge and bread slice and truss turkey.
Rub turkey with remaining 3 sage sprigs and arrange sprigs on a rack set in a roasting pan. Spread turkey with butter and arrange on rack in roasting pan. Roast turkey in middle of oven 30 minutes.
Reduce temperature to 325 ° F. and baste turkey with pan juices. Add water to roasting pan and roast turkey, basting every 20 minutes, 2 1/2 to 3 hours more, or until a meat thermometer inserted in fleshy part of a thigh registers 180 ° F. and juices run clear when thigh is pierced. Transfer turkey to a heated platter, reserving juices in roasting pan, and discard string. Keep turkey warm, covered loosely with foil.