Roast Turkey Dinner with All the Trimmings

🍗 Roast Turkey Dinner with All the Trimmings

Ingredients — serves 4–6

Turkey

• 1.5–2 kg turkey breast or turkey crown
• 2 tbsp butter
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tsp dried sage or thyme
• Salt & black pepper
• 1 cup chicken/turkey stock

Roast vegetables

• 4 carrots, cut into chunks
• 3–4 potatoes or sweet potatoes, chunked
• 1–2 cups broccoli florets
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• Salt, pepper and a little dried thyme

Creamy mashed potatoes

• 1 kg potatoes, peeled and cubed
• 3–4 tbsp butter
• ½ cup warm milk
• Salt and pepper

Cauliflower cheese

• 1 large cauliflower
• 2 tbsp butter
• 2 tbsp flour
• 2 cups milk
• 1½ cups grated mature cheddar
• 1 tsp mustard
• Salt and pepper

Sage sausage balls

• 450 g pork sausage meat
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 1 tsp dried sage
• ½ tsp black pepper
• 2–3 tbsp breadcrumbs

Gravy

• Turkey roasting juices
• 2 tbsp flour
• 2–3 cups chicken/turkey stock
• Salt and pepper

👩‍🍳 Method

1. Roast the turkey: Rub the turkey with butter, garlic, sage, salt and pepper. Place in a roasting pan with the stock. Roast at 190°C/375°F until the thickest part reaches 74°C/165°F. Rest for 20 minutes before slicing.
2. Roast the vegetables: Toss carrots and potatoes with olive oil, salt, pepper and thyme. Roast alongside the turkey until golden and tender. Add broccoli during the final 15–20 minutes.
3. Make the mash: Boil potatoes until tender, drain well, then mash with butter and warm milk. Season generously.
4. Cauliflower cheese: Boil or steam cauliflower until just tender. Make a sauce by melting butter, stirring in flour, then gradually whisking in milk. Add cheddar and mustard. Pour over cauliflower and bake at 200°C/400°F for 15–20 minutes, until bubbling and golden.
5. Sage sausage balls: Mix sausage meat, onion, sage, breadcrumbs and pepper. Roll into small balls and bake at 200°C/400°F for about 20–25 minutes, turning once.
6. Gravy: Pour the turkey pan juices into a saucepan. Whisk flour into a little of the fat, then gradually add the stock and roasting juices. Simmer until thick and glossy.

🍽️ To serve

Pile up the turkey, mash, roasted carrots, broccoli, cauliflower cheese and sage sausage balls, then pour over lashings of hot gravy. 😋

Tip: For that rich, glossy gravy like the one in the photo, add a small knob of butter at the end and whisk it in just before serving.