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Jamie's Christmas turkey
Photo: Claudio Schwarz

Jamie's Christmas turkey

17 ingredients 8-10 openrecipes
Jamie's Christmas turkey

If you're worried about cooking the perfect Christmas turkey because you're afraid you'll get it wrong, don't be. This recipe is nice and simple and will help you achieve brilliant results for your Christmas meal.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1080
Calories
74g
Protein
34g
Fat
116g
Carbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 12 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Pork 100g cooked 242
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Nutmeg 1 tsp ground (2.2g) 12
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Celery 1 stalk (40g) 6
Rosemary 1 tsp dried (1.2g) 4
Sage 1 tsp ground (0.7g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Clementine 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

  • 5 kg turkey, preferably free-range or organic
  • olive oil
  • sea salt
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 clementine, halved
  • a few sprigs fresh rosemary
  • 2 onions, peeled and roughly chopped
  • 2 sticks celery, roughly chopped
  • 2 carrots, roughly chopped
  • olive oil
  • 2 onions, peeled and finely chopped
  • sea salt
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • a few sprigs fresh sage, leaves picked and roughly chopped
  • 300 g higher-welfare pork mince
  • 1 large handful breadcrumbs

Directions

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By jamieoliver · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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