Roast Turkey With Fruit & Pine Nut Stuffing
Recipe: #31154
December 20, 2018
Categories: Turkey, Pine Nut Celery, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Oven Roast, more
"From our weekday newspaper The West Australian. Times are estimated."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (582.2 g)
- Calories 845.5
- Total Fat - 29.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 7.9 g
- Cholesterol - 361.2 mg
- Sodium - 997.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 20.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.8 g
- Sugars - 4.1 g
- Protein - 121.6 g
- Calcium - 131 mg
- Iron - 6.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 3.3 mg
- Thiamin - 0.5 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
To make stuffing, melt butter in a large, deep frying pan over a medium heat and add onion, garlic, celery and bacon and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft and then stir in remaining ingredients and remove from heat.
Step 2
Remove and discard neck from turkey and then rinse the turkey under cold water and then pat dry inside and out with absorbent kitchen paper.
Step 3
Spoon the stuffing into body cavity and tuck wings underneath and then secure crossed legs with unwaxed kitchen string.
Step 4
Place turkey, breast-side up, in an extra large, flameproof roasting pan and brush oil all over turkey and season with salt and pepper and then cover pan with greased foil.
Step 5
Cook in a moderate oven (180C) for 3 hours and remove from oven and then remove foil and pierce skin all over with a skewer. Return to oven and cook for a further 45 minutes, or until juices run clear when a skewer is inserted into the thickest part of the thigh.
Step 6
Transfer turkey to a large plate and rest, covered with foil.
Step 7
To make gravy, place roasting pan containing pan juices on stove top over a medium heat and sprinkle over flour and stir for about 1 minute, or until bubbling and lightly browned.
Step 8
Gradually whisk in stock until smooth and bring to boil and then simmer, stirring occasionally, for about 10 minutes, or until thickened and then season with pepper and strain into a jug or a gravy boat.
Step 9
Serve turkey with gravy, roast vegetables and steamed greens.
Tips
No special items needed.