Rooibos tea- smoked turkey ballotine with stuffing and gravy – Food & Home Magazine

Ingredients

• GRAVY
• turkey bones from the butcher
• 1 large onion, quartered
• 3 medium carrots, roughly chopped
• 2 stalks celery, roughly chopped
• 5 sprigs thyme
• 1 head garlic, halved
• kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
• extra virgin olive oil
• 60ml (¼ cup) dry white wine
• 1 litre chicken stock
• 30ml (2 tbsp) cold unsalted
• butter, cubed
• STUFFING
• 170g (¾ cup) butter
• 625ml (2½ cups) onions, chopped
• 500ml (2 cups) fresh fennel, chopped
• 20ml (4 tsp) dried sage
• 5ml (1 tsp) dried savory
• 5ml (1 tsp) dried marjoram
• 2,5ml (½ tsp) dried thyme
• salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 2kg dried white bread, cubed
• SMOKING MIXTURE
• 400g (2 cups ) white sugar
• 400g (2 cups) rice
• 250ml (1 cup) rooibos tea leaves