The Christmas Turkey is a beloved traditional dish during the holiday season. This delicious dish is prepared with a 3000 g turkey stuffed with a tasty mixture of turkey giblets, bacon, sausage, bread crumbs, apples, boiled chestnuts, and pitted dried plums. The turkey is then slow-cooked in the oven, enhancing all the flavors and making it tender and succulent. Serve the Christmas Turkey with roasted potatoes and other seasonal vegetables for a complete festive meal.
Holiday recipe
Chop together the giblets, bacon, and sausage; add the soaked and squeezed bread crumbs, peeled and sliced apples, prunes soaked in warm water, and chestnuts, and fill the turkey; add a knob of butter infused with salt and pepper
Sew up the opening, wrap it with slices of bacon, and cook in the oven with a bit of butter at 220 degrees for an hour, then at 180 degrees for about another hour and a half
Baste the turkey occasionally with its own juices
In the last quarter of an hour, remove the bacon and brown the skin
Accompanying wines: Barbaresco DOCG, Cabreo Il Borgo VdT Di Toscana, Taurasi DOCG
Oven
Pan
Wooden Spoon
Kitchen Knife
Store in the refrigerator for up to 3 days
Traditional recipe for Christmas lunch
Italy
| Energy (kcal) | 120.12 |
| Carbohydrates (g) | 3.68 |
| of which Sugars (g) | 2.38 |
| Fat (g) | 3.32 |
| of which Saturates (g) | 1.24 |
| Protein (g) | 18.93 |
| Fiber (g) | 0.51 |
| Sale (g) | 0.09 |
