15 Thanksgiving Turkey Recipes to Show Off on the Big Day

This back-to-basics roast turkey recipe is a great starting point for beginners, and the results are truly fabulous: crispy skin and juicy, evenly cooked meat, without any fluttering, flipping, squeezing, or wiggling. A tip that sets this recipe apart: a baking dish or baking stone is preheated in the oven. Thus, when the roasting pan with the poultry is added, the heat stored in the steel or the stone makes it possible to restart the cooking of the turkey legs, which must reach a higher temperature than the breast.