Turkey with stuffing
Servings
4
Category:
Main Dishes
Good For:
Lunch or Dinner
Ingredients
- 1 turkey, approximately 4 – 5 kilos
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 1 cup Minerva margarine with Greek olive oil
For the stuffing - 1/2 cup long grain rice
- 1/4 kilo ground beef
- 1/4 kilo ground lamb
- 1/4 cup grated onion
- The turkey gibblets
- 1 chestnut (boiled, peeled and cut)
- 35 g pine nuts
- 6 tbsps organic butter
- Dash of salt
- Dash of pepper
- 1/2 cup water
Step by step directions
Step 1
In a pot, melt the butter and saute the onion with the ground meat.
Step 2
Add the long grain rice and continue cooking a little longer.
Step 3
Add the chestnuts, pine nuts, and a dash of salt and pepper.
Step 4
Wash the turkey well and let it drain.
Step 5
Brush turkey with the lemon and orange mixture to which you have added the melted Minerva margarine.
Step 6
Stuff the turkey with the stuffing, saw the ends and place with the breast pointing up, in a baking dish containing ½ cup water.
Step 7
Bake at 160° C for as many hours as its weight in kilos.
Step 8
Throughout baking, every occasionally brush the remaining lemon, orange juice and margarine, and add more water to the bottom of the dish if needed.
Step 9
In a little butter, saute carrots, mushrooms, small artichokes and orange peel for a few minutes and place over the turkey.
Step 10
For presentation, drizzle a little hot cognac over the turkey and light it.
