insideKENT Magazine Issue 69 - December 2017 | Page 110

FOOD+DRINK
THE PERFECT
Christmas Turkey
ROASTED TURKEY WITH SPICED CRANBERRY,
APPLE AND SAGE STUFFING
Serves 10
brush the turkey generously with rapeseed oil
and season with sea salt and black pepper and
cover with foil.
• 5kg free-range Golden Turkey
• 4 tbsp rapeseed oil
• Sea salt and black pepper
Spiced Cranberry, Apple and Sage Stuffing
• 50g butter
• 1 tbsp rapeseed oil
• 1 large onion, peeled and finely chopped
• 1/2 tsp mixed spice
• 1 clove garlic, peeled and finely chopped
• 200g fresh breadcrumbs
• 2 eating apples
• 250g cranberries
• 50g dried apple, cut into small pieces
• 2 tbsp fresh sage leaves, chopped
• 750g sausage meat
• 2 tbsp chopped parsley
• Grated zest of a small orange
• 1 large egg, beaten
• 8 rashers rindless streaky bacon
• Sea salt and black pepper
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 230°C/Gas Mark 8.
2. Remove turkey giblets and reserve.
3. Place the turkey in a large roasting pan,
Win
4. Place the prepared turkey in the pre-heated
oven and cook at this temperature for the first
30 minutes. Then, lower the oven temperature
to 180°C/Gas Mark 4 and cook for
approximately 30 minutes per kilo, basting
every hour.
5. To prepare the stuffing, heat the butter and
rapeseed oil until the butter has melted. Add
the onion and mixed spice, fry gently until
well softened but not browned. Stir in the garlic
and breadcrumbs and season well with sea
salt and black pepper. Remove from the heat
and place in a bowl, leave to cool.
9. When the turkey is approximately 35
minutes before the end of cooking, remove
the foil, drain off any of the excess fat and
cook for a further 35 minutes or until golden
brown.
6. Peel the apples, cut into quarters, remove
the core and cut into small cubes. Mix the
cubed apples, cranberries, dried apple, sage,
sausage meat, parsley and orange zest with
the onion mixture, season well with sea salt
and black pepper using clean hands and then
mix in the beaten egg. The mixture should be
quite firm, with wet hands, mould the stuffing
into balls the size of a golf ball or make a
stuffing cake.
10. Transfer the turkey to a platter and cover
loosely with foil and leave to rest for 20-30
minutes.
11. Serve the turkey carved with stuffing
balls or stuffing cake and warm homemade
turkey gravy.
7. Place the stuffing balls on a greased baking
sheet and bake in the pre-heated oven for
about 20 minutes, until golden brown and
cooked through.
A GOLDEN TURKEY FOR CHRISTMAS
This month, insideKENT has
teamed up with The
Traditional Farmfresh Turkey
Association to offer one lucky
reader the chance to win a
golden turkey in time for
Christmas.
You won’t find Golden
Turkeys in your local
supermarket; they are only
available direct from the
farms, farm shops, and at
selected quality butchers.
All of the turkeys are
supported by the Golden
Turkey Quality Assurance
Guarantee, which
immediately gives the
consumer a guarantee that
110
8. To make the stuffing cake, take a 18-20cm
spring form cake tin and grease with a little
rapeseed oil. Arrange the bacon slices in the
tin, leaving a 5cm strip on the base, then lay
them up around the sides, let the excess hang
over the edge. Carefully fill the tin with the
stuffing mixture, making sure it is level on top.
Fold the bacon over the top of the stuffing,
gathering and twisting the ends loosely over
the centre. Place the tin on a baking sheet
to catch any juices that escape, then bake for
40-45 minutes until the top is golden. Cool in
the tin for 10 minutes. Before you turn out
onto a serving plate, place some poached
cranberries on top for decoration, cut into
wedges and serve.
they are purchasing a
genuine Golden Turkey.
The Traditional Farm-fresh
Turkey Association (TFTA) is
a group of 40 independent
family-run farms across the
UK supplying fresh traditional
turkeys specifically for
Christmas.
Four members are located in
Kent: Cottage Farm Turkeys,
Hollin Root Farm, John Howe
Turkeys and Appledore
Turkeys.
Find your local stockist at
www.goldenturkeys.co.uk
and look out for the Golden
Turkey Guarantee.
For your chance to win…
Visit www.insidekentmagazine.co.uk/win and answer the following question:
How many Traditional Farm-fresh Turkey Association members are
located in Kent?
a) 3
b) 4
c) 5
To double your chances to win,
head over to Twitter and tweet:
#WIN a delicious Golden Turkey
for #Christmas! Follow
@insideKENT and
@GoldenTurkeys and RT to enter
– good luck!