Roast Christmas Turkey

Roast turkey is a real Christmas crowd-pleaser! Here we show you how to quickly roast a whole bird in your convection microwave and we’ve even included a recipe for cranberry sauce you can whip up in a bread maker.

Ingredients

Servings: 6

2.5 kg turkey

60 g butter

1 stick celery finely sliced

1 small onion finely chopped

2 small cooking apples peeled and grated

2 cups fresh breadcrumbs

2 tablespoon brandy

1 tablespoon parsley finely chopped

1 egg

Salt and pepper to taste

2 tablespoon brandy extra

1 tablespoon oil

Lemon pepper or seasoned salt to taste

Steps

STEP 1

Clean and pat dry turkey with paper towel.

STEP 2

Melt butter in a 1-litre casserole dish on 1000 W for 30 to 40 seconds.

STEP 3

Add celery, onion and apples and cook on 1000 W for 5 minutes.

STEP 4

Add brandy, breadcrumbs, parsley, egg, salt and pepper.

STEP 5

Mix well and stuff mixture into cleaned turkey.

STEP 6

Pierce skin of turkey with a fork.

STEP 7

Secure legs of turkey with string.

STEP 8

Brush with oil.

STEP 9

Sprinkle with extra brandy, and lemon pepper or seasoned salt.

STEP 10

Place turkey on glass shelf in middle shelf positon.

STEP 11

Cook on 600 W for 50 to 55 minutes turning over halfway

STEP 12

Cook on Convection 180°C for 20 minutes.

STEP 13

Stand 15 minutes before serving with cranberry sauce

Notes

Made using a Panasonic NN-CS894S Microwave.