Ingredients

  • One turkey
  • Generous amounts of:
    • Lemons
    • Garlic cloves cut into slivers
    • Olive oil
    • Fines Herbes
      (tarragon, chives & parsley)
    • Black pepper
    • White wine and dry Sherry
  • Cheesecloth formed into a blanket
    and 2 mounds
Clean turkey, place in pan breast up, stuff with lemons
Stab holes in meat and fill with garlic slivers
Rub outside of turkey with olive oil and Fines Herbes
Lay cheesecloth blanket and tittys on breasts
Saturate cheesecloth with white wine and dry sherry
Sprinkle black pepper over entire bird
Place in 325°F oven and roast for 15-20 minutes/lb
Remove cheesecloth halfway through cooking,
then baste every half hour until breast at 165°F
Remove and let stand 15 minutes before carving