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Christmas turkey with homemade gravy, roast potatoes, veg and pork and onion stuffing
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Total Time:
5 hours
Ingredients:
  • 1 x 5 kg free-range turkey
  • 4 cloves of garlic
  • 1 lemon
  • a few sprigs of fresh thyme
  • a few sprigs of fresh rosemary
  • 100 g unsalted butter (at room temperature), plus extra for greasing
  • 2 onions
  • 2 sticks of celery
  • 2 carrots
  • 3 clementines
  • 1 litre organic chicken stock fresh if you can get it
  • 2 tablespoons plain flour
  • 1 splash red wine
  • 4 onions
  • 1 large handful of dried fruit such as apricots, cranberries, prunes, dates
  • 1 large handful of mixed unsalted nuts such as almonds, shelled pistachios, pine nuts
  • 1/2 bunch of fresh thyme
  • 75 g stale bread
  • olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon allspice
  • 300 g higher-welfare pork mince
  • 1 kg parnsips
  • 1.5 kg red-skinned potatoes
  • 500 g small carrots
  • 300 g shallots
  • 1 bulb of garlic
Instructions:
  • Take the turkey out of the fridge 1 hour before cooking to bring it to room temperature. For the stuffing, chop the onions, dried fruit and nuts, and thyme. Process the bread into breadcrumbs. Heat oil in a pan, cook the onion until soft, then add allspice, dried fruit, nuts, thyme, salt, and pepper. Stir-fry, cool, and mix with pork mince and breadcrumbs. Set aside half for the turkey and transfer the rest to a baking dish. Preheat the oven. Rinse and dry the turkey. Mix butter, garlic, lemon zest, thyme, and rosemary. Rub under the turkey skin. Fill the cavity with reserved stuffing. Drizzle with oil, season, and place in a roasting tray with onion, celery, and carrot. Roast covered, then uncover to crisp the skin. Mix remaining herbs with oil and clementines, add to the tray. Cook until juices run clear. Rest the turkey for 30 minutes. Roast potatoes and veg with garlic, rosemary, salt, and pepper. Make gravy with stock, flour, red wine, and pan drippings. Strain and serve with the turkey.

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