Ingredients
- 1 5kg Ingham Whole Turkey
- 40g butter
- 1 large brown onion, finely chopped
- 4 rindless bacon rashers, finely chopped
- 6 cups fresh white breadcrumbs, (approx. 12 slices sandwhich bread)
- 1 cup raisins
- 1 apple, peeled, core removed, finely diced
- 1⁄4 cup sage leaves, roughly chopped
- 1 egg, beaten
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 4 apples, halved lengthways
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 20g butter, melted
- Cooked vegetables, of choice, to serve
Instructions
Melt butter in a large non stick frying pan over medium heat. Add onion and bacon. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 4 minutes or until onion is soft. Remove from heat. Cool.
Combine onion mixture, breadcrumbs, raisins, diced apple, sage, egg and salt and pepper in a large bowl. Fill upper and lower cavities of turkey with stuffing mixture. Tie legs together with kitchen twine and tuck wings under turkey.
Place turkey onto a wire rack in a large roasting pan. Cook Inghams Turkey as per packet instructions in a barbecue oven.
Place apple halves, olive oil and butter in a large bowl and toss until apples are coated with oil mixture. Place into a large shallow ovenproof dish. Add apples to barbecue for last hour of cooking turkey. Stand cooked turkey on a chopping board covered for 10 minutes before carving or serving on a large platter. If serving on a platter, place apples around the turkey and serve with vegetables of choice.
- Serves 6 - 8
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Preparation time: 25 minutes
Cooking time: 3 hours 30 minutes
