How to roast a turkey

Shopping list

• Fruit and vegetables

  • 1 small onion

• Cooking ingredients

  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 4 cloves
  • 75-100g (2½ to 3½ oz) fresh white breadcrumbs
  • freshly grated nutmeg, to taste
  • cayenne pepper, for sprinkling

• Dairy, eggs and chilled

  • 175g/6oz unsalted or lightly salted butter
  • 450ml/15fl oz full-cream milk
  • 40g/1½oz butter or 2 tbsp double cream

• Meat, fish and poultry

  • 1 free-range turkey weighing 4kg/8lb 11oz

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