Slow Roast Turkey

Name: Slow Roast Turkey
Yield: Serves 12–14
Ingredients: cranberry sauce; giblet gravy; 1 lb (450 g) chipolata sausages; 1 (15 lb) (7 kg) turkey; traditional forcemeat; savoury sausage meat stuffing; coarse salt; 2–3 oz (50–75 g) dripping or butter; 2–3 oz (50–75 g) dripping or butter; ¼ lb (100 g) streaky bacon rashers; watercress; ½ lb (225 g) back bacon for rolls

Preparation info

Serves
12–14

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Times Cookery Book

By Katie Stewart

Published 1974

About

Ingredients

1 (15 lb) (7 kg) turkey
traditional forcemeat
sav

Main course

Method

Have the turkey drawn and cleaned by the butcher and check weight so that cooking time may be calculated. If you have a frozen oven-ready turkey, allow to thaw slowly for up to 48 hours and do not remove from the vacuum sealed bag until you are ready to stuff and roast it.

Prepare the necessary stuffings, as given. Rinse the inside of the turkey with c