Life All Travel Destinations Entertaining Food All Chefs Recipes Restaurants Wine Pairing Food News Wine All Wine 101 Wine News Wine Regions Wine Varietals Wineries Home > Selector Magazine > Food > Roasted turkey and smoked oyster stuffing Food Roasted turkey and smoked oyster stuffing Preparation time Cooking time Serves 8 Ingredients 1 x 4kg turkey 100g butter, melted Muslin cloth Skewers or cooking string For the stuffing 400g day-old bread, broken into small pieces 1 small onion, finely diced 150g chicken mince 20 smoked oysters, drained and roughly chopped 150g bacon, roughly chopped 2 tbsp pine nuts, lightly toasted 3 eggs, beaten 2 tbsp butter, melted 2 tbsp mixed fresh herbs, chopped (e.g. parsley, rosemary, thyme) or 1 tbsp dried mixed herbs Salt and ground black pepper to taste Method Wipe the outside of the turkey and cavity with kitchen towelling – soak the muslin cloth in the melted butter. Make the stuffing by combining all the ingredients and mix well. Loosely load (stuffing expands as it cooks) the stuffing into the large cavity and also into the neck cavity. Skewer or tie into place. Wrap the muslin around the breast and put the turkey onto a cooking rack in a suitable sized baking tray. Any leftover stuffing can be rolled into balls and placed around the turkey for the last 30 minutes of cooking and served as extra. Cook the turkey, on its back, for 30 minutes, baste with pan juices and reduce the heat to 180ºC and cook for 2½ hours, basting every 30 minutes. After 2 hours of cooking, remove the muslin cloth and baste the breast with pan juices. If you are serving the turkey immediately, leave it to cook for a further 15 minutes. If allowing to cool before serving, remove from the oven, loosely cover with foil (shiny side in) and leave to cool. The turkey must rest for at least 10 minutes before carving. If the tips of the legs are browning excessively (read burning), roll foil around them. Carve and serve with roasted vegetables of your choice and cranberry on the side. Food Serves 8 Perfect Match Pioneer Road Ch Chardonnay 2022 $17.00 in any 12 $18.00 in any 6 $20.00 each Price | options $17.00 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Inspired Company Cabernet Merlot 2020 $17.85 in any 12 $18.90 in any 6 $21.00 each Price | options $17.85 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Eight at the Gate Chardonnay 2023 $18.70 in any 12 $19.80 in any 6 $22.00 each Price | options $18.70 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Blue Pyrenees Estate Exclusive Release Viognier 2022 $20.40 in any 12 $21.60 in any 6 $24.00 each Price | options $20.40 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Exclusive Two Blues Shiraz 2022 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Peos Estate Four Jacks Shiraz 2018 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Tyrrell's Dry Red 1976 Shiraz 2022 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Ferngrove Wine Co Independence Tempranillo 2022 $22.10 in any 12 $23.40 in any 6 $26.00 each Price | options $22.10 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Coppabella Friends of Coppabella Chardonnay 2019 $22.95 in any 12 $24.30 in any 6 $27.00 each Price | options $22.95 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart John Wallace Wines Maggie White 2022 $23.80 in any 12 $25.20 in any 6 $28.00 each Price | options $23.80 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Tscharke Elements Mourvèdre Shiraz Grenache 2021 $23.80 in any 12 $25.20 in any 6 $28.00 each Price | options $23.80 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Willow Bridge Estate Shiraz 2021 $25.50 in any 12 $27.00 in any 6 $30.00 each Price | options $25.50 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Mercer Wines Pinot Noir 2023 $25.50 in any 12 $27.00 in any 6 $30.00 each Price | options $25.50 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Exclusive Dunbern Chardonnay 2018 $25.50 in any 12 $27.00 in any 6 $30.00 each Price | options $25.50 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart The Story Wines Marsanne Roussanne Viognier 2019 $28.90 in any 12 $30.60 in any 6 $34.00 each Price | options $28.90 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Seppeltsfield 500ml DP38 Rich Rare Apera NV $29.75 in any 12 $31.50 in any 6 $35.00 each Price | options $29.75 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Sorby Adams Jellicoe Riesling 2021 $29.75 in any 12 $31.50 in any 6 $35.00 each Price | options $29.75 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Clarence Hill Green Label Chardonnay 2021 $34.00 in any 12 $36.00 in any 6 $40.00 each Price | options $34.00 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Rowlee Single Vineyard Pinot Noir 2023 $38.25 in any 12 $40.50 in any 6 $45.00 each Price | options $38.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Briar Ridge Block 6 Pinot Noir 2023 $55.25 in any 12 $58.50 in any 6 $65.00 each Price | options $55.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Two Blues Sauvignon Blanc 2014 1 case has been added to your cart. Cart total: xxx 1 case, 12 bottles, 3 accessories Checkout Continue Shopping You might also like Food Roast duck with apples, roesti and green beans Food Slow Roasted Baharat Lamb Food Lyndey Milan's beef with Cabernet jus and herbed potato gratin Words by Lyndey Milan on 1 Jun 2017