Hookery Cookery Home > Christmas Recipes > Traditional Roast Turkey with Festive Stuffing Serves 8
Description/Notes:
celebrate the family meal of the year with this succulent roast turkey and festive savoury stuffing
Ingredients:
Cooking Instructions:
- Wipe the turkey inside and out, remove any giblets, and dry with kitchen paper
- Take enough of the festive stuffing mixture to nearly fill the neck cavity of the turkey, then replace the neck flap
- Shape the rest of the stuffing into balls
- Peel the onion and place in the body cavity of the turkey then tuck the turkey wing tips under the body to secure the flap
- Tuck the ends of leg bones into the body cavity or secure them with elastic bands
- Place the turkey in a large roasting tin and pour the stock around it
- Brush the turkey with oil, season then cover loosely with greased foil
- Cook in a pre-heated oven (350F, Gas Mark 4, 180C) fro three hours
- Remove the foil and baste the turkey
- Arrange the stuffing balls around the turkey and cook for a further 45 minutes, basting occasionally
- Also place the cocktail sausages in a tin and bake at the bottom of the oven for the last 40 minutes of roasting time
- Test the turkey with a skewer to see if cooked, then transfer to a warmed serving plate, arranging stuffing balls and sausages around it
- Cover with foil and leave for 10 minutes before carving