Christmas turkey with clementine & bay butter - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 5-5½ kg/11-12lb oven-ready turkey, neck and giblets removed and saved
• 1 onion, halved
• 5 bay leaves, crumbled if dry, torn if fresh
• 1 tbsp fresh thyme leaf, plus extra for scattering
• 1 tsp black peppercorn
• 85g/ 3oz coarse sea salt
• zest 1 orange, plus extra for scattering
• 100g/ 4oz butter, softened
• zest and juice 1 clementine
• splash of sherry
• large thyme sprig, leaves picked
• 2 bay leaves
• 4 tbsp flour
• 250ml/ 9fl oz dry sherry