Roast turkey with festive stuffing
- Take the turkey out of the fridge half an hour before you are going to start roasting.
- Put it on the washed kitchen surface and clean with damp kitchen roll.
- Preheat the oven to 240 degrees .
- Stuff the turkey
- Rub the butter all over the turkey with your hands.
- Do the same with the salt and pepper.
- Tie the legs together with string or foil.
- This will prevent the stuffing from spilling out during roasting time.
- Put the turkey on the oven tray and give your hands a good wash in warm soapy water.
- Cover the roasting tray with foil and put the whole thing in the oven.
- After 20 minutes put the oven down to 165 degrees
- After one and a half hours, take the turkey out and take the foil off.
- It will look like this.
- Put it back in the oven for another hour and a half.
- During this time every half hour pour the turkey juices over the turkey to keep it moist
- When you think the turkey is done, pierce the part joining the leg to the body with a skewer.
- If the juices come out clean, the turkey is cooked.
- If they are murky, it needs more time.
- Put the excess juices into the stock you have made for the gravy.
- Turn the oven off and put some serving plates in - they will warm up nicely while the turkey is resting.
- Put the turkey onto the carving board or plate and let it rest for half an hour before carving.
- While the turkey is resting, pour the gravy into the oven tray to get all the little tasty bits that have stuck to the tin
- Use a very sharp knife to carve the turkey and arrange on the warmed plates with the stuffing.
- Uncork the wine, pull the crackers and enjoy :-)
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Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/319690-roast-turkey-with-festive-stuffing (may not work)