To make the turkey: In a small bowl, combine the kosher salt with the sage, black pepper and sugar. Set the turkey in a large roasting pan and rub it with the spice mixture inside and out; refrigerate ...

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This turkey recipe uses minced fresh sage to soften butter, which then is rubbed both under and over the bird’s skin. Simple, beautiful and wonderfully scented. That was the goal with this recipe for ...

One of the easiest but most delicious things you can do to your turkey: make sage butter to rub under and over the skin of the bird. “Compound butter” sounds fancy, but in this case it is made by ...

1. The night before Thanksgiving, season the breast and legs. For the breast's thyme butter: Remove thyme leaves from stems; you will need about 2 tablespoons. Grate zest from lemon; you should have ...

Makes enough for a 12- to 14-lb. turkey. Note: Adapted from Cook's Illustrated. In a small bowl, mix together the butter, garlic, thyme, lemon zest, salt and pepper. Carefully separate the turkey's ...