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    BEST-EVER CHRISTMAS LUNCH!

    Nov 02, 2021 6 minutes
    COMPILED BY: JESSICA RANSOM.

    Showstopper citrus and herb turkey

    COST

    £1.51 PER PORTION

    SERVES 8

    Take time to properly prepare your turkey and generously season for the best flavours.

    PREP TIME: 5 MINS, PLUS RESTING COOK TIME: 2 HRS 20 MINS SKILL LEVEL: EASY CALS: 343 FAT: 15G SAT FAT: 7G CARBS: 4G

    YOU WILL NEED

    1 bunch of fresh thyme
    1 onion, peeled and quartered
    1 lemon, quartered
    2 fresh bay leaves
    4kg free-range turkey
    75g butter
    1 garlic clove, peeled and quartered
    3 large carrots, chopped into
    3cm rounds
    ½ orange

    HOW TO DO IT

    1 Heat the oven to 200C/Gas 6. Stuff the thyme, onion, lemon, and bay leaves into the turkey cavity with plenty of Maldon sea salt and cracked black pepper.

    2 Rub the butter all over the skin, and season well here too. Put in a roasting tin lined with the garlic and carrot roundels, acting as a base or prop for the bird and roast for 20 mins.

    Turn down the oven temperature to 180C/Gas 4, seal the cavity now

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