BBC Food - Recipes - The perfect roast turkey

Name: BBC Food - Recipes - The perfect roast turkey
Ingredients: 20ml/¾fl oz rapeseed oil; 1 x 5kg/11lb good-quality free-range turkey , preferably organically reared, wishbone removed (ask your butcher to remove the wings and neck and chop them into 2.5cm/1in pieces to use in the dish); 40g/1½oz unsalted butter , softened to room temperature; 2 pinches sea salt flakes; 2 pinches freshly ground white pepper; 200ml/7fl oz water; salt; freshly ground black pepper; 1-2 tsp ground arrowroot (depending on how thick you like your gravy), dissolved in 1 tbsp cold water; roast potatoes and steamed seasonal vegetables, to serve

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Raymond Blanc shows you an easy way to cook a show-stopping roast turkey for your all-important Christmas dinner.

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Ingredients

20ml/¾fl oz rapeseed oil
1 x 5kg/11lb good-quality free-range turkey , preferably organically reared, wishbone removed (ask your butcher to remove the wings and neck and chop them into 2.5cm/1in pieces to use in the dish)
40g/1½oz unsalted butter , softened to room temperature
2 pinches sea salt flakes
2 pinches freshly ground white pepper
200ml/7fl oz water
salt
freshly ground black pepper
1-2 tsp ground arrowroot (depending on how thick you like your gravy), dissolved in 1 tbsp cold water
roast potatoes and steamed seasonal vegetables, to serve