Photo: Claudio Schwarz
The best roast turkey - Christmas or any time
20 ingredients
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One of the biggest challenges when cooking a turkey is the legs take longer than the breasts. The breasts dry out in the oven while you're waiting for the legs to cook. I like to push stuffing between the turkey's skin and breasts, increasing the thickness of the breasts so they take the same time to cook as the legs. The result? Juicy turkey all round!
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
1347
Calories
87g
Protein
43g
Fat
152g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 20 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 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Orange | 1 medium (131g) | 62 |
| Red Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Bacon | 1 slice cooked (8g) | 43 |
| Carrot | 1 medium (61g) | 25 |
| Apricot | 1 medium (35g) | 17 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Nutmeg | 1 tsp ground (2.2g) | 12 |
| Clove | 1 tsp ground (2g) | 7 |
| Celery | 1 stalk (40g) | 6 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Rosemary | 1 tsp dried (1.2g) | 4 |
| Sage | 1 tsp ground (0.7g) | 2 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 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
- 1 sprig fresh sage, leaves picked
- 12 strips higher-welfare pancetta or thinly sliced streaky bacon
- 1 bulb garlic, broken into cloves
- 4 medium red onions, peeled
- 2 sticks celery, trimmed and chopped
- 1 big handful breadcrumbs
- 1 handful dried apricots
- 300 g higher-welfare minced pork
- zest of 1 lemon
- 1 pinch grated nutmeg
- 1 large free-range egg
- sea salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- 12 small sprigs of fresh rosemary, plus a few extra
- 4-4.5 kg higher-welfare turkey, at room temperature
- 2 carrots, peeled
- 1 large orange
- olive oil
- 2 tablespoons plain flour
- 1.1 litres organic chicken or vegetable stock
Directions
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By jamieoliver ·
Recipe sourced from
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