Mustard butter-basted roast turkey with bacon recipe | Good Food

Name: Mustard butter-basted roast turkey with bacon recipe | Good Food
Total time: 270 min
Ingredients: 5-5.5kg oven-ready turkey neck and giblets removed (save them to make stock, if you like); 250g pack dry-cured smoked streaky bacon (about 12 rashers); a little mustard (optional); drizzle of olive oil; sea salt flakes; 1 onion quartered; 1 large thyme sprig; a few bay leaves; glass of dry white wine; bay leaves and chopped thyme for scattering; 85g butter softened; 1 tbsp wholegrain mustard; 1 tsp English mustard; 1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves

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Ensure juicy meat by inserting streaky bacon under the skin of your big bird. A tangy mustard baste creates an extra tasty gravy

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Ingredients

5-5.5kg oven-ready turkey neck and giblets removed (save them to make stock, if you like)
250g pack dry-cured smoked streaky bacon (about 12 rashers)
a little mustard (optional)
drizzle of olive oil
sea salt flakes
1 onion quartered
1 large thyme sprig
a few bay leaves
glass of dry white wine
bay leaves and chopped thyme for scattering
85g butter softened
1 tbsp wholegrain mustard
1 tsp English mustard
1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves