Delia's Classic Christmas turkey recipe - Waitrose

http://bit.ly/sjcRE0 - Cooking the perfect big-day roast is easy with Delia's tried-and-tested Classic Christmas turkey recipe.

Ingredients:
6.5kg (14lb) turkey, oven-ready, I always recommend a bronze feathered free range turkey
75g butter, softened
225g very fat streaky bacon
Seasoning
1 pack of Delia's Eighteenth-Century Chestnut Stuffing

Method:
Preheat the oven to 220°C, gas mark 7.

First stuff the turkey. Loosen the skin with your hands and pack the stuffing into the neck end, pushing it up between the flesh and the skin towards the breast (not too tightly, because it will expand during the cooking). Press it in gently to make a nicely rounded end, then tuck the neck flap under the bird's back and secure with a small skewer or some cocktail sticks. Don't expect to get all the stuffing in this end -- put the rest into the body cavity.

Lay the turkey on its back then rub it generously all over with the butter, making sure the thigh bones are particularly well covered. Next season the bird all over, and lay the bacon over the breast with the rashers overlapping each other. I always put some over the legs as well.

Now arrange two large sheets of foil (each about 1.25m long) across your roasting tin, one widthways and the other lengthways (no need to butter them). Place the turkey in the centre of the tin, then wrap it loosely in the foil: the parcel must be firmly sealed but roomy enough to provide an air space around most of the upper part of the bird. So bring one piece of foil up and fold both ends over to make a pleat along the length of the breastbone. Then bring the other piece up at both ends and crimp and fold to make a neat parcel.

Place the turkey in the preheated oven, where it will cook at the initial high temperature for 40 minutes.

Lower the oven temperature to 170°C, gas mark 3. Now take a break!
At this point everything should be under control so you can take time out of the kitchen to help the kids unwrap their presents, have a coffee or tidy the house. After that, prepare and set the lunch table, making sure you have all the right glasses for pre-lunch drinks as well as the table. It's a good idea to arrange the coffee tray now, too, and line up the brandy and liqueur glasses. Pop the plates and serving-dishes into the warming oven, and don't forget to warm a large plate for the turkey.

Order your Christmas turkey online by Thursday 15 December at http://www.waitrose.com/

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[nikogior]

ovenception!!

[abtr]

oven within an oven...BWONG!

[alifizphat]

@npon Because that really matters?

[npon]

the person in the videos not even delia i bet, no face shot so just doing the voice over! ;P

[mickmunn]

I love turkey and after the turkey its the Black Forest Buche i love Christmas lol

[MsMonique2000]

yummy! can't wait til christmas :)