Traditional Christmas Dinner for 6

Ingredients

• 1 good chicken (2 – 2.2 kg) giblets removed, room temperature
• Salt and black pepper
• 5-8 unsmoked streaky bacon rashers
• Soft butter/olive oil 1 lemon
• 225g cranberries (frozen ok)
• 6 tablespoons water
• 1 tablespoon orange juice (optional)
• 70g granulated sugar 2 tablespoons port/red wine (optional)
• 40g butter
• 75g diced shallot/ onion
• Grated rind of 1/2 lemon
• 100g white crust-free bread, torn and blitzed to crumbs
• 4 sage leaves/few sprigs parsley, chopped
• 1 pint milk
• 1 large onion, peeled, stuck with 8 whole cloves
• 8 black peppercorns
• 1 bay leaf (or dried is ok)
• 110g white bread (stale is fine)
• 50g butter
• 2 tablespoons cream
• 1.5kg floury potatoes (e.g. Maris Piper) peeled & quartered
• Sea Salt
• 18 good chipolatas/thin pork sausages
• 18 slices of meaty smoked streaky bacon
• 400 ml water/chicken stock/
• splash white wine/lemon juice