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Roasted turkey stuffed with sun-dried tomatoes and wild mushrooms
Preparation
60 minutes
Cooking time
4 hours 10 minutes
Servings
12 to 15
Ingredients
Stuffing:
- 2 L (8 cups) stale bread in 1 cm cubes
- 180 ml (3/4 cup) butter
- 2 onions, chopped
- 3 containers, 227 g (8 oz) each, varied mushrooms, sliced
- Salt and ground pepper
- 250 ml (1 cup) sun-dried tomatoes, cut into thin strips
- 250 ml (1 cup) parsley, chopped
- 15 ml (1 tbsp) dried sage or herbes de Provence
- 3 eggs, beaten
Turkey:
- 1 turkey, 7 kg (16 lb), washed and well dried
- Toothpicks
- String
- 30 g (1 oz) dried wild mushrooms
- 500 ml (2 cups) chicken bouillon or water
Preparation
Stuffing:
- Leave the bread cubes out on a cooking sheet for 24 hours to dry out.
- In a large saucepan, melt the butter over high heat.
- Add the onions and mushrooms.
- Brown for 10 minutes, or until lightly coloured, stirring regularly.
- Season.
- Remove from heat and set aside.
- Place the bread cubes, sun-dried tomatoes, parsley and herbs in a large bowl.
- Add the onions and mushrooms.
- Stir.
- Adjust the seasoning.
- Add the eggs and mix.
- Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F).
Turkey:
- Tuck the turkey wings, under the breast.
- Using a spoon, tightly pack the main cavity with stuffing.
- Fold the skin under the neck and hold in place with a few toothpicks.
- Tie up the turkey and place it in a roaster.
- Season.
- Cook the turkey for 1 hour on the lower rack of the oven, without covering it.
- Meanwhile, soak the dried mushrooms for 30 minutes in 125 ml (1/2 cup) of hot water.
- Remove the mushrooms by pressing them in a paper towel to remove the excess water.
- Use a fine strainer to filter the impurities from the mushrooms water.
- Pour the bouillon and the mushrooms water into the roaster.
- Cover the roaster with a lid or a piece of aluminum foil and reduce heat to 160°C (325°F).
- Continue cooking for 2 hours, basting the turkey with the cooking juices every so often.
- Add the wild mushrooms and continue cooking for 1 hour.
- Transfer the turkey onto a serving platter and keep hot.
- Heat the cooking juices and scrape the bottom of the roaster.
- Adjust the seasoning and trim fat as desired.
- Before serving the turkey, cut the string, remove the stuffing and place in a serving dish.