Roast Crown of Turkey with Legs Ballontine Recipe

Ingredients

• Turkey Crown
• 1x5-5.5kg freeh range organic turkey (legs removed for ballontine, leaving crown) see note
• 150g butter
• 5 garlic clove, crushed
• 10 sage leaves, roughly chopped
• pinch of saffron
• olive oil
• 2 turkey legs prepared for ballontine, see introduction
• 200g turkey or chicken mince
• 50ml olive oil
• 100g thickly sliced streaky bacon (rindless) or pancetta, diced
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 3 tbsp mixed woody herbs, oregano, thyme and sage
• 150g pork mince
• 75g soft dried apricots, chopped
• 50g pistachios, shelled
• 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp dried mixed herbs
• maldon salt or similar salt flake and ground black pepper