Roast Turkey With Fenland Celery, Walnut & Sausage Stuffing

By The People's Friend Team - December 9, 2024
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Image courtesy of Fenland Celery.

Ingredients:

  • Butter, melted, plus extra for greasing
  • 1kg (2lb 4oz) British turkey fillet
  • Salt and freshly-ground black pepper, to taste
  • 12 to 16 rashers dry-cure smoked streaky bacon
  • For the Stuffing:
  • 450g (1lb) sausage meat
  • 6 shallots, peeled and diced finely
  • 4 sticks Fenland celery, diced
  • 75g (2¾oz) walnuts, chopped
  • 100g (3½oz) fresh breadcrumbs
  • 1tbsp chopped fresh sage leaves
  • 1 free range egg, beaten
  • To Serve: seasonal vegetables and trimmings of choice
Recipe courtesy of Fenland Celery.

Christmas is the time of the year when we traditionally trot out our best turkey recipes. Your family will love this one!

How to make Roast Turkey With Stuffing recipe:

Method:

  1. Pre-heat oven to 180°C, 350°F, Gas Mark 5. Butter a large roasting tin.
  2. Cut open the fillet and beat it with a wooden mallet until it is has increased in size by a third – be careful not to make any holes in the meat. Brush some of the melted butter over the turkey and season with salt and pepper.
  3. Mix all the stuffing ingredients together and season with salt and pepper.
  4. Make a long sausage shape with the stuffing mixture and place it in the middle of the turkey fillet. Roll the turkey meat around to cover all the stuffing.
  5. Carefully wrap the streaky bacon around the rolled turkey fillet, tucking the ends underneath. Weigh the stuffed rolled fillet to calculate the cooking time.
  6. Using a spatula, lift the stuffed turkey fillet into the buttered roasting tin. Tuck any stray pieces of bacon underneath if necessary.
  7. Add 6 tablespoons of water and cover with tinfoil before roasting in the pre-heated oven for 40min per kilo plus 20min (so a kilo will take one hour to cook). Remove the foil for the last 15-20min of cooking to allow the bacon to crisp up.
  8. Allow to stand, loosely covered in tinfoil, for 10-15min before cutting into slices and serving with seasonal vegetables and potatoes. (The juices from the roasting tin can be made into gravy.)

We can practically smell it already.

Enjoy!

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