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Turkey & Roast Apples

INGREDIENTS:
  • 1 whole turkey
  • 4 celery sticks (leaves intact)
  • 2 large carrots
  • 600ml tomato juice / tomato cocktail 1 cup sherry
  • 1 Tbsp paprika
  • 1 1⁄2 Tbsp salt
  • Ground black pepper
  • 4 cups water
  • 12 royal gala apples
  • Ground black pepper
  • 4 cups water
  • 12 royal gala apples
METHOD
  1. Fill the cavity with the whole celery sticks and the carrots.
  2. Place the turkey in a large roasting pan, breast side up
  3. Mix the remaining ingredients together, and pour over the turkey.
  4. Bake, uncovered at 180°C for 2 hours, turning the turkey every half an hour.
  5. When the turkey is about 45 minutes
  6. away from being cooked, score each apple around the circumference, as
  7. if drawing the equator, and trim the bottom of the apples, so that they can sit firmly on their own. Place them into a separate roasting dish, with about a cup and a half of the turkey’s gravy
  8. Place on a rack below the turkey and cook for 45 minutes.
  9. For serving, arrange the apples around the turkey.

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