Roast Turkey with Pork Sausagemeat and Chestnut Stuffing

This amount of stuffing will fill a turkey weighing 12–15 lb/5.4–6.7 kg. Surplus stuffing can be baked in an ovenproof dish, uncovered – it is delicious. Any left over is very good eaten cold, too.

If you prefer, rather than the tinned chestnuts you can use the equivalent amount of vacuum packed chestnuts (the nicest of the lot of preserved chestnuts) or fresh, skinned chestnuts (an awful fiddle to prepare), but don’t try to reconstitute dried chestnuts which, however carefully I si