Mustard butter-basted roast turkey with bacon
The recipe Mustard butter-basted roast turkey with bacon can be made in approximately 4 hours and 30 minutes. This main course has 989 calories, 100g of protein, and 60g of fat per serving. For $2.88 per serving, this recipe covers 37% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 8. 33 people were glad they tried this recipe. Head to the store and pick up bacon, bay leaves, sea-salt, and a few other things to make it today. It is perfect for Thanksgiving. It is brought to you by BBC Good Food. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and primal diet. Overall, this recipe earns an amazing spoonacular score of 85%. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Gilded Saffron and Butter Basted Roast Turkey With Herb Garland, Port-Basted Roast Turkey with Pan Gravy, and Lemon & thyme butter-basted roast chicken & gravy.
Servings: 8
Preparation duration: 30 minutes
Cooking duration: 240 minutes
Ingredients:
250g pack dry-cured smoked streaky bacon (about 12 rashers)
bay leaves and chopped thyme, for scattering
3 bay leaves
85g butter, softened
1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves
1 tsp English mustard
drizzle of olive oil
1 onion, quartered
sea salt flakes
1 large thyme sprig
5-5½ kg oven-ready turkey, neck and giblets removed (save them to make stock, if you like)
1 tbsp wholegrain mustard
glass of dry white wine
Equipment:
oven
kitchen towels
skewers
aluminum foil
Cooking instruction summary:
Weigh your turkey and calculate the cooking time by allowing 40 mins per kg for the first 4kg, then 45 mins for every kg of turkey over that weight. As a guide, a turkey this size should take 3½-4 hrs plus 30-45 mins resting time.To make the mustard butter, beat the butter with the mustards, thyme and some ground black pepper until soft and well mixed.Gently push your fingers under the skin of the turkey, starting from the neck, until you can push your whole hand in down the length of the breast – take care not to tear the skin. Spread the butter under the skin so that it covers the breasts. Lay the streaky bacon on your work surface in 2 rectangles of 6 overlapping rashers (for extra flavour, you can brush the bacon with a little wholegrain or English mustard first), and carefully push each rectangle of bacon under the skin to cover and protect each breast. This can be done the night before, but take out of the fridge for 1 hr before roasting so that it comes back to room temperature.On the day, heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Lift the turkey into a roasting tin, massage the olive oil into the skin and season well with flaky salt and pepper. Put the onion, thyme and bay inside the cavity of the turkey, then pour in the wine. Cover the tin loosely with foil and roast for the calculated cooking time. For the final 30 mins, remove the foil and pour off all of the cooking juices (use for the gravy; recipe in 'goes well with'). Increase the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and roast for 30 mins more until the turkey is golden and the juices that run out of the thigh are clear, with no sign of pink, when pierced with a skewer. Leave to rest on a warm platter covered with foil and tea towels – it will keep like this for up to 45 mins.To serve, carve the turkey and arrange the meat on a hot platter with a little of the hot gravy poured over, or bring the whole turkey to the table garnished with herbs. To fill the platter, you could surround the turkey with potatoes, if you like. Any leftover meat can be frozen in the gravy.
Step by step:
1. Weigh your turkey and calculate the cooking time by allowing 40 mins per kg for the first 4kg, then 45 mins for every kg of turkey over that weight. As a guide, a turkey this size should take 3½-4 hrs plus 30-45 mins resting time.To make the mustard butter, beat the butter with the mustards, thyme and some ground black pepper until soft and well mixed.Gently push your fingers under the skin of the turkey, starting from the neck, until you can push your whole hand in down the length of the breast – take care not to tear the skin.
2. Spread the butter under the skin so that it covers the breasts. Lay the streaky bacon on your work surface in 2 rectangles of 6 overlapping rashers (for extra flavour, you can brush the bacon with a little wholegrain or English mustard first), and carefully push each rectangle of bacon under the skin to cover and protect each breast. This can be done the night before, but take out of the fridge for 1 hr before roasting so that it comes back to room temperature.On the day, heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas
3. Lift the turkey into a roasting tin, massage the olive oil into the skin and season well with flaky salt and pepper.
4. Put the onion, thyme and bay inside the cavity of the turkey, then pour in the wine. Cover the tin loosely with foil and roast for the calculated cooking time. For the final 30 mins, remove the foil and pour off all of the cooking juices (use for the gravy; recipe in 'goes well with'). Increase the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and roast for 30 mins more until the turkey is golden and the juices that run out of the thigh are clear, with no sign of pink, when pierced with a skewer. Leave to rest on a warm platter covered with foil and tea towels – it will keep like this for up to 45 mins.To serve, carve the turkey and arrange the meat on a hot platter with a little of the hot gravy poured over, or bring the whole turkey to the table garnished with herbs. To fill the platter, you could surround the turkey with potatoes, if you like. Any leftover meat can be frozen in the gravy.
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