Roast Lemon And Bacon Wrapped Turkey Recipe

Wrapped with crispy bacon and roast lemon, this Christmas turkey is guaranteed to please a crowd.

The ingredient of Roast Lemon And Bacon Wrapped Turkey Recipe

• 4kg whole turkey
• 500g packet streaky bacon halved lengthways
• 2 small lemons thinly sliced
• 50g butter melted
• 1 3 cup maple syrup
• buttered asparagus to serve
• buttered green beans to serve
• 1 2 cup skinless hazelnuts chopped
• 100g butter chopped
• 1 brown onion finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves crushed
• 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh lemon thyme leaves plus extra sprigs to serve
• 2 tbsp finely chopped fresh flat leaf parsley leaves
• 4 1 2 cups fresh breadcrumbs
• 1 2 cup dried cranberries roughly chopped

The Instruction of roast lemon and bacon wrapped turkey recipe

• to make the cranberry and hazelnut stuffing place hazelnuts in a frying pan over medium heat cook stirring occasionally for 4 minutes or until golden and toasted transfer to a large heatproof bowl set aside
• melt butter in pan over medium heat add onion cook stirring for 10 minutes or until softened add garlic and herbs cook stirring for 1 minute or until fragrant add to hazelnuts in bowl set aside for 30 minutes to cool add breadcrumbs and cranberries season with salt and pepper stir until well combined
• preheat oven to 180c 160c fan forced remove and discard neck from turkey pat dry inside and out with paper towel loosely fill neck cavity with some of the stuffing using toothpicks secure skin over neck cavity to enclose stuffing fill large cavity with remaining stuffing secure skin over cavity with toothpicks tie legs together with kitchen string tuck wings under turkey
• place a greased wire rack in a large flameproof roasting pan place turkey on rack using the picture as a guide arrange bacon and lemon slices slightly overlapping over turkey breasts secure with toothpicks brush turkey all over with melted butter cover tightly with greased foil
• roast turkey for 2 hours remove and discard foil brush all over with maple syrup roast basting turkey every 15 minutes with pan juices for a further 45 minutes or until turkey is golden and juices run clear when thigh is pierced with a skewer
• transfer turkey to a plate cover loosely with foil stand for 15 minutes remove toothpicks sprinkle with extra thyme serve with asparagus and green beans

Nutritions of Roast Lemon And Bacon Wrapped Turkey Recipe

fatContent: 995 674 calories
saturatedFatContent: 57 2 grams fat
carbohydrateContent: 23 2 grams saturated fat
sugarContent: 58 4 grams carbohydrates
fibreContent: n a
proteinContent: n a
cholesterolContent: 58 9 grams protein
sodiumContent: n a

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