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Roast turkey for 6
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Total Time:
2 hours 25 minutes
Ingredients:
  • 4 kg higher-welfare turkey
  • 250 g stuffing (from meat stuffing recipe)
  • 250 g unsalted butter softened
  • 1 bunch lemon thyme (30g)
  • 2 clementines
  • olive oil

Instructions:
  • GET AHEAD - Check the turkey cavity for the giblets bag, remove, and add them to the roasting tray. - Peel onions, wash carrots, chop with celery or leek tops, and add to the tray with garlic cloves. - Fill the neck cavity with stuffing, tuck skin back over it. - Make flavored butter with softened butter, thyme, clementine zest, salt, and pepper. - Place clementines and thyme in the turkey cavity. - Spread flavored butter under the turkey skin. - Drizzle turkey with olive oil, season with salt and pepper. - Cover turkey with foil and place on a trivet in the tray. ON THE DAY - Take the turkey out of the fridge 1 hour before baking. - Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas 4. - Cook the turkey according to weight, basting and covering with foil. - Check for doneness by inserting a knife into the thigh. - Transfer the cooked turkey to a platter, let it rest for up to 2 hours. - Skim fat from the tray and refrigerate for later use. CARVING THE TURKEY - Carve the turkey by removing wings, slicing beside legs, and cutting them off. - Slice or pull the brown meat and move on to the breast. - Or, remove the leg, then slice the breast off the bone.

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