Pomegranate-roasted turkey with cracked wheat salad | Gourmet Traveller

Ingredients

• 1 4kg turkey
• 4 large pomegranates (see note)
• 2 sprigs each of sage, thyme and rosemary, coarsely chopped
• 1 lemon, coarsely chopped
• 120 gm butter, softened
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 250 ml dry white wine (1 cup)
• 80 ml brandy (1/3 cup)
• 30 ml pomegranate molasses (see note) (1½ tbsp)
• Cracked wheat salad
• 300 gm cracked wheat (fine burghul)
• 1 small Spanish onion, finely chopped
• 1 clove of garlic, finely chopped
• 50 ml lemon juice
• 75 ml olive oil
• 2 tsp sumac
• 1½ cups each of (loosely packed) coarsely torn flat-leaf parsley and mint leaves
• 2 green onions, thinly sliced