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[[Recipes | Other recipes]] | [[Recipes#Roasts. | Roast recipes]] | [[Recipes | Other recipes]] | [[Recipes#Roasts. | Roast recipes]] | ||
OK, no pressure here. You're cooking for family and loved ones on the feast day for the year. | OK, no pressure here. You're cooking for family and loved ones on the feast day for the year. Being organised is the tip to staying calm. | ||
Notes for the wise, get the serving tray out and sitting ready before doing anything else 😀. And the posh gravy boat 🎶 | |||
= Roast Turkey for Christmas Day = | = Roast Turkey for Christmas Day = | ||
== Ingredients == | == Ingredients == | ||
* [[Stuffings#Sausage_stuffing | Sausage stuffing]] | * [[Stuffings#Sausage_stuffing | Sausage stuffing]]. | ||
* [[Stuffings#Chestnut_Stuffing | Chestnut stuffing]] | * [[Stuffings#Chestnut_Stuffing | Chestnut stuffing]]. | ||
* Goose or duck fat | * Goose or duck fat. | ||
* One whole turkey | * One whole turkey. | ||
* Two rashers of streaky bacon | * Two rashers of streaky bacon. | ||
* Peeled carrot, cleaned and wrapped in foil. | |||
* Enough potatoes for your guests - one or two medium sized potato each - after all you have many other vegetables. | * Enough potatoes for your guests - one or two medium sized potato each - after all you have many other vegetables. | ||
* [[Bread sauce]] | * [[Bread sauce]]. | ||
* [https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/256050818 Schwarz turkey gravy] | * [https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/256050818 Schwarz turkey gravy]. | ||
* Pigs in blankets (enough for number of guests - two per person). | * Pigs in blankets (enough for number of guests - two per person). | ||
== Directions == | == Directions == | ||
# | # Chriatmas eve: work out the time for your turkey from [https://samjwatkins.com/roaster/smart.php Smart roaster]. | ||
# Get up early and make the stuffings. | # Get up early and make the stuffings. | ||
# Pre-heat the oven to 170°C on fan setting. (Use the fast heat setting if a smaller bird, but to be honest, you've got 10 minutes of work here). | # Pre-heat the oven to 170°C on fan setting. (Use the fast heat setting if a smaller bird, but to be honest, you've got 10 minutes of work here). | ||
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# With 40 minutes to go, peel potatoes, and add to pan to boil for 5 minutes. | # With 40 minutes to go, peel potatoes, and add to pan to boil for 5 minutes. | ||
# Add them to a tray greased with fat for 25 minutes. | # Add them to a tray greased with fat for 25 minutes. | ||
# Pop in the carrot along side the potatoes. | |||
# Take out turkey and remove the foil. Return to the oven, and turn up heat to 180°C or use rotatherm setting at 165°C. | # Take out turkey and remove the foil. Return to the oven, and turn up heat to 180°C or use rotatherm setting at 165°C. | ||
# When timer goes, pull out the turkey and put in the pigs in blankets. | # When timer goes, pull out the turkey and put in the pigs in blankets. | ||
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[[Recipes | Other recipes]] | [[Recipes | Other recipes]] | [[Recipes#Roasts. | Roast recipes]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:55, 3 October 2026
OK, no pressure here. You're cooking for family and loved ones on the feast day for the year. Being organised is the tip to staying calm. Notes for the wise, get the serving tray out and sitting ready before doing anything else 😀. And the posh gravy boat 🎶
Roast Turkey for Christmas Day
Ingredients
- Sausage stuffing.
- Chestnut stuffing.
- Goose or duck fat.
- One whole turkey.
- Two rashers of streaky bacon.
- Peeled carrot, cleaned and wrapped in foil.
- Enough potatoes for your guests - one or two medium sized potato each - after all you have many other vegetables.
- Bread sauce.
- Schwarz turkey gravy.
- Pigs in blankets (enough for number of guests - two per person).
Directions
- Chriatmas eve: work out the time for your turkey from Smart roaster.
- Get up early and make the stuffings.
- Pre-heat the oven to 170°C on fan setting. (Use the fast heat setting if a smaller bird, but to be honest, you've got 10 minutes of work here).
- Put the sausage stuffing in the neck of the turkey and the chestnut stuffing in the body cavity.
- Cover bird in foil.
- Put in oven.
- Stud onion for bread sauce and bring milk to the boil.
- With 40 minutes to go, peel potatoes, and add to pan to boil for 5 minutes.
- Add them to a tray greased with fat for 25 minutes.
- Pop in the carrot along side the potatoes.
- Take out turkey and remove the foil. Return to the oven, and turn up heat to 180°C or use rotatherm setting at 165°C.
- When timer goes, pull out the turkey and put in the pigs in blankets.
- Stand the turkey for 20 minutes.
- Finish off the bread sauce.
- Start to make the gravy.
- When 20 minutes are up, pull out the roast potatoes and pigs in blankets.
