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Perfect Roast Turkey and Stuffing

I love roasting turkey with the stuffing inside the cavity of the bird - after all, that’s why it’s called stuffing! It absorbs all the lovely turkey juices, creating a flavourful accompaniment to the Christmas roast. Trust me, you'll never go back to making stuffing in a separate tin again!

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Perfect Roast Turkey and Stuffing

Why it works: Parsley and thyme match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,057 recipes. Both carry cuminaldehyde, which smells Spicy, cumin. The science ↓

Perfect Roast Turkey and Stuffing

Serves 10-12
Prep1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

815Calories
47 gProtein
17 gFat
117 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chicken100g cooked165
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Lemon Balmjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By bbcfood. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Parsley + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,057 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  2. Carrot + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8,053 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  3. Carrot + celerytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,173 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  4. Celery + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,810 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  5. Carrot + thymetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,563 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (turkey, carrot, celery, parsley, thyme, butter, chive):

  1. Leekfits better
  2. Shallotfits better
  3. Parsnipfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against turkey, carrot, celery, parsley, thyme, butter, chive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.