Festive Smoked Turkey Recipe
Ingredients
| 1 cup/125 g/4 oz smoking chips | ||
| 1/2 cup/125 mL/4 fl oz brandy | ||
| 3 kg/6 lb turkey, neck and giblets | ||
| Removed, trimmed of excess fat | ||
| 1/2 cup/125 mL/4 fl oz chicken stock | ||
| Vegetable oil | 2 Tablespoon | |
| Sage and rice stuffing | ||
| 60 g/2 oz butter | ||
| Leek | 1 , thinly sliced | |
| Onions spring | 4 , chopped | |
| Bacon rashers | 3 , chopped | |
| 1 cup/60 g/2 oz breadcrumbs, made from stale bread | ||
| 60 g/2 oz pecans, chopped | ||
| 1 teaspoon dried | 2 Tablespoon | |
| 1 1/2 cups/280 g/9 oz rice, cooked | ||
Directions
1. Soak smoking chips in brandy in a non-reactive metal dish for 1 hour.
2. To make stuffing, melt butter in a frying pan over a medium heat, add leek and spring onions and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes. Add bacon and cook for 5 minutes longer. Add breadcrumbs, pecans and sage and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until breadcrumbs are crisp. Remove from heat, add rice and mix to combine.
3. Preheat covered barbecue to a medium heat. Place dish, with smoking chips in, in barbecue over hot coals, cover barbecue with lid and heat for 5-10 minutes or until liquid is hot.
4. Spoon stuffing into body cavity of turkey. Secure openings with metal or bamboo skewers. Tuck wings under body and tie legs together. Place turkey on a wire rack set in a roasting tin. Combine stock and oil and brush over turkey.
5. Position roasting tin containing turkey on rack in barbecue, cover barbecue with lid and smoke, basting frequently, for 2 1/2-3 hours or until turkey is cooked.
2. To make stuffing, melt butter in a frying pan over a medium heat, add leek and spring onions and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes. Add bacon and cook for 5 minutes longer. Add breadcrumbs, pecans and sage and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until breadcrumbs are crisp. Remove from heat, add rice and mix to combine.
3. Preheat covered barbecue to a medium heat. Place dish, with smoking chips in, in barbecue over hot coals, cover barbecue with lid and heat for 5-10 minutes or until liquid is hot.
4. Spoon stuffing into body cavity of turkey. Secure openings with metal or bamboo skewers. Tuck wings under body and tie legs together. Place turkey on a wire rack set in a roasting tin. Combine stock and oil and brush over turkey.
5. Position roasting tin containing turkey on rack in barbecue, cover barbecue with lid and smoke, basting frequently, for 2 1/2-3 hours or until turkey is cooked.
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