Roast turkey

Roast turkey

www.gourmettraveller.com.au

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for roast turkey, perfect for Christmas or Thanksgiving.

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Cooking tools:

  • Roasting pan
  • Roasting rack
  • Butcher's twine
  • Aluminum foil
  • Oven
  • Skillet
  • Mixing bowl
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Paper towel
  • Plastic wrap
  • Spoon
  • Colander

Ingredients

  • 1 turkey (about 4kg, see note)
  • 16 thin slices speck or flat pancetta
  • 3 tsp olive oil
  • 500 ml (2 cups) brown chicken or veal stock
  • 16 small nicola potatoes, halved
  • 2 fennel bulbs, cut into wedges
  • 12 large green olives
  • 4 fresh bay leaves
  • 4 thyme sprigs
  • Sausage stuffing
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 1 tsp fennel seeds
  • 2 blood sausages, skins removed, coarsely crumbled
  • 3 pork and fennel sausages (about 400gm), skins removed
  • 320 gm coarse breadcrumbs, from crusty white bread
  • ½ orange, freshly grated rind only
  • 1 tbsp each finely chopped thyme and sage

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