Roast turkey with traditional stuffing and cranberry sauce recipe

Ingredients

• 5 kg whole turkey
• 8 large thyme sprigs
• 40 g butter, melted
• 750 ml chicken stock
• 50 g butter, chopped
• 2 onions, chopped
• 2 celery stalks, trimmed, chopped
• 300 g bacon, chopped
• 0.3 cups chopped sage
• 0.5 cups chopped flat-leaf (Italian) parsley
• 1 tbsp chopped thyme
• 480 g breadcrumbs made from day-old bread
• 2 lemons, finely grated zest only
• 100 g dried sweetened cranberries
• 1 orange, zest finely grated, juiced
• 100 g redcurrant jelly
• 125 ml port