totally tender turkey

Ingredients

• 1 whole fresh turkey (roughly 12lbs/ 5.4kg in weight) at room temperature
• 4 large carrots, roughly chopped
• 2 large onions, cut into chunks
• 1 large leek, washed, trimmed and roughly chopped
• 200g Dromona butter, room temperature
• 1 tablespoon of chopped fresh rosemary, sage, and thyme
• Freshly milled salt and pepper
• 50g Dromona butter
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 2 cloves of garlic, crushed
• 2 granny smith’s apples, quartered, cored and grated
• 160g dried cranberries
• 500g good quality pork sausage meat
• 360g breadcrumbs
• A handful of fresh parsley, finely chopped
• 2 eggs
• Salt and freshly ground pepper