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The perfect roast turkey
Photo: Claudio Schwarz

The perfect roast turkey

9 ingredients 30 min + 2 hr Serves 8-10 openrecipes
The perfect roast turkey

Raymond Blanc shows you an easy way to cook a show-stopping roast turkey for your all-important Christmas dinner.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

560
Calories
36g
Protein
29g
Fat
40g
Carbs

Counts 7 of 10 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Vegetable 1 tbsp (14g) 120
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
White Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Rapeseed Oil not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0
Arrowroot not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 20ml/¾fl oz rapeseed oil
  • 1 x 5kg/11lb good-quality free-range turkey
  • 40g/1½oz unsalted butter
  • 2 pinches sea salt
  • 2 pinches freshly ground white pepper
  • 200ml/7fl oz water
  • and freshly ground saltblack pepper
  • 1 tsp ground arrowroot
  • and steamed seasonal vegetables, to serve roast potatoes

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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