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| Roastit Bubbly-Jock |
| ingredients: |
Large
(7 to 8lbs, 3.5kg) self-basting
turkey (sufficient for 6 people)
Half cup of milk
1¼ cups of fresh breadcrumbs
1 stalk of finely chopped or grated
celery
1 finely chopped or grated onion
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh
parsley
Half a cup chopped water chestnuts
(tinned variety are fine)
10oz/300g chopped chicken livers
8oz/250g sausage mince (ground
sausage meat)
2oz/60g melted butter
Teaspoon of Worcester sauce
Pinch of nutmeg
2 cups warm water
2 tablespoons redcurrant jelly
or similar |
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| method: |
Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas
Mark 4.
Mix the milk, breadcrumbs, chopped
celery, onions, chestnuts, nutmeg,
plus one tablespoon parsley
and half of the chicken livers.
Then place the sausage mince,
teaspoon of parsley and the
Worcester sauce in another bowl
and mix well. Remove any giblets
from the turkey, rinse well
(inside and out) and dry off.
Press the breadcrumb mixture
into the turkey cavity, making
sure it is well filled. Seal
the end with skewers. Press
the mince into the bird via
the neck cavity and again seal
with skewers (toothpicks sometimes
do the trick).
Place the turkey on a baking
rack in a deep baking tray.
Add the warm water and remaining
livers to the tray. Brush the
turkey all over with melted
butter. Bake the bird, basing
the cooking time on 20 minutes
per pound of bird, plus another
20 minutes. From time to time,
baste the bird with the juices
in the pan.
When cooking is complete, remove
the tray and the turkey from
the oven and allow the bird
to stand for about ten minutes.
Put the pan juices plus the
redcurrant jelly (or similar)
into a small pan and heat vigorously
for ten minutes, reducing the
sauce by half, stirring continuously.
Pass the sauce through a fine
strainer and serve with the
turkey (and your own selection
of vegetables).
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| Christmas
(and Thanksgiving in the US) is a time
when millions of roast turkeys are consumed.
In Scotland, turkey was called "bubbly-jock"
and roasting and stuffing evolved using
local produce. At one time, when oysters
were cheap and plentiful, they formed
parts of the stuffing. But here is a
more modern (but still traditional)
version. |
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