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Herb-roast turkey
Photo: Claudio Schwarz

Herb-roast turkey

12 ingredients 30 min Serves 8 - 0 openrecipes
Herb-roast turkey

Whether you're cooking your first or your fifteenth Christmas dinner, this herb-scented turkey is foolproof and has loads of flavour

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

342
Calories
32g
Protein
15g
Fat
12g
Carbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Stuffing not in our table 0
Redcurrant not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 5kg turkey , giblets removed and kept
  • 250g stuffing of your choice
  • 3 onions , cut into thick rounds with the skins left on
  • generous handful thyme and bay leaves , plus more herbs to put around the bird, to serve
  • 50g butter , softened
  • 300ml dry white wine
  • 1 ½ tsp flaky sea salt
  • 1 tsp dried green peppercorns , crushed
  • 1 tbsp finely chopped thyme leaves
  • 300ml medium white wine
  • 600ml good stock
  • 2 tsp redcurrant jelly

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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