Classic roast turkey
Guarantee a succulent roast turkey on Christmas Day with our simple, traditional recipe. Serve with all your favourite trimmings on the side
Chestnut stuffing
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook in the turkey or separately for 30 mins
- Easy
- Serves 8 - 10
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- 1 onionchopped
- 50g butter
- 140g small button mushroomthickly sliced
- 200g vac-pack whole cooked chestnuthalved
- 170g pack Ardennes pâtécubed
- 25g pack parsleychopped
- 1 tbsp thymeleaves
- 6 rashers smoked streaky baconeach rasher cut into 6-8 pieces
- 140g oatmealbreadcrumbs (we used an Allinson sliced oatmeal loaf) or white breadcrumbs
- 2 eggs
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal262
- fat18g
- saturates5g
- carbs19g
- sugars3g
- fibre2g
- protein8g
- salt1.29glow
Method
step 1
Fry the onion in the butter for 5 mins. Add the mushrooms, then fry for 5 mins more.
step 2
Tip into a bowl, then lightly stir in the other ingredients with plenty of seasoning. Stuff into the neck end of the turkey, or spoon into oiled muffin tins (half-fill to make 8 servings) and bake for 30 mins alongside the turkey.
