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Ingredients
Turkey
- 300 g rock salt
- 50 g raw sugar
- 3000 g water plus extra if needed
- 2 juniper berries
- 6 black peppercorns
- 1 cinnamon quill
- 2 fresh bay leaves
- 3400 - 4000 g turkey buffe frame only, wings and legs removed
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter
Stuffing
- 200 g tri-colour quinoa
- 600 g water plus extra for soaking quinoa
- ½ tsp salt plus extra to taste
- 1 red onion cut into halves
- 2 garlic cloves
- 8 sprigs fresh basil leaves only
- 6 sprigs fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves only
- 3 sprigs fresh thyme leaves only
- 4 sprigs fresh dill leaves only
- ½ tsp ground black pepper
- 100 g dried cranberries plus extra for garnishing
- 12 fresh chives cut into small pieces (2 mm)
- 80 g unsalted butter
- Nutrition
- per 1 portion
- Calories
- 626.3 kcal / 2630.3 kJ
- Protein
- 74.9 g
- Fat
- 28.1 g
- Carbohydrates
- 18.1 g
- Fibre
- 2.3 g
- Saturated Fat
- 10.4 g
- Sodium
- 1234.6 mg
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