GE 106631 - Manual (Page 8)

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Main Dish/Entrees
The roaster oven cooks a turkey in about half the time of a regular oven, but use
a meat thermometer to make sure your turkey is thoroughly cooked. The roaster
oven DOES NOT brown a turkey. The constant dripping of condensation from the
cover of the roaster prevents the turkey from browning but also produces a turkey
that is moist and juicy.
14- to 18-pound fresh or thawed turkey
1 onion, cut in half
2 stalks celery
Remove the rack. Pour 1 ⁄
2
cup water into the insert pan, cover and preheat to 325ºF.
Remove giblets and neck from cavities of turkey. Set aside and use for giblet gravy.
Rinse bird inside and out with cold water. Place onion and celery inside turkey. Rub
outside with salt and pepper. Place on rack. Brush whole turkey with butter. Place
in roaster. Cover and cook at 325ºF for 2 or 2
1 ⁄
2
hours. Check meat thermometer
reading. Continue cooking until meat thermometer registers 180ºF.
Quick Roast Turkey
1 teaspoon salt
1 ⁄
2
teaspoon pepper
1 ⁄
4
cup butter, melted
For turkey with a brown skin, use the following recipe before cooking:
1 ⁄
2
cup melted butter or margarine
1 1 ⁄
2
teaspoons browning sauce, like Kitchen Bouquet
1 teaspoon paprika
Wash turkey with cold water. Pat dry. Paint turkey with the browning mixture and
cook as directed.
Turkey Browning Sauce
15 pound fully-cooked smoked ham
2 cups water
1 ⁄
2
cup honey
Trim thick part of fat off of ham, down to 1 ⁄
4
inch. Score remaining layer of fat into
diamond design; this will help hold glaze. Place ham on rack and place in roaster.
Pour 2 cups water into insert pan. Cover and roast at 325ºF for 1 hour. Combine
remaining ingredients to make glaze. Remove cover and spoon half of glaze over
ham. Cover and bake 1 more hour. Remove cover and spoon remaining glaze over
ham. Replace cover, increase temperature to 400ºF, and bake for 10 minutes to
set glaze.
Whole Baked Ham
1 ⁄
2
cup orange juice
1 cup brown sugar
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