The Christmas Turkey is a traditional dish that is very loved during the Christmas holidays. This delicious dish is prepared with a 3000 g turkey stuffed with a tasty mixture of turkey offal, bacon, sausage, bread crumb, apples, boiled chestnuts, and pitted dried plums. The turkey is then slowly cooked in the oven, enhancing all the flavors and making it tender and juicy. Serve the Christmas Turkey with roasted potatoes and other seasonal vegetables for a complete festive meal.
Christmas recipe
Chop together turkey offal, bacon, sausage; add the soaked and squeezed bread crumb, sliced peeled apples, prunes softened 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 bacon slices, and bake in the oven with a bit of butter at 220 degrees for one hour, then at 180 degrees for another hour and a half or so
Baste the turkey occasionally with its juices
In the last fifteen minutes, 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
Keep in the refrigerator for a maximum of 3 days
Traditional recipe for Christmas lunch
Italy
| Energy (kcal) | 191.81 |
| Carbohydrates (g) | 23.06 |
| of which Sugars (g) | 14.58 |
| Fat (g) | 9.32 |
| of which Saturates (g) | 3.62 |
| Protein (g) | 3.84 |
| Fiber (g) | 3.18 |
| Sale (g) | 0.14 |
