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Cooking a turkey with vegetables. Pat the turkey dry with paper towels. Remove any excess fat and leftover pinfeathers and pat the outside dry. Roasting your turkey on top of a bed of vegetables spares you the need for a rack.

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Web what recipe should you try? You can leave to marinate for an hour if you have the time. Heat a medium saucepan over medium and add the butter, swirling to melt.

Pour off and discard fat; Sprinkle italian seasoning generously onto the bird, inside and out. Remove any turkey parts from the neck and breast cavities and reserve for other uses if desired.

Rub the turkey with olive oil, salt and pepper, inside and out. Cut the bottom off of a red pepper. Wrap the up and over the bird and seal it over top of the turkey without it actually touching the skin.

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