STUFFED TURKEY

Author: Mrs. Alison Mac Davies, Aberdeen - Scotland.

Ingredients - quantity for 6 people

1 turkey (3 or 4 kg)	1 egg, beaten
350 g veal	sage, finely chopped
350 g skinned sausage	thyme, finely chopped
100gr. bread, crumbled	parsley, finely chopped
1 medium onion, finely chopped	salt
60 g butter	pepper
For the sauce
40 g flour	Worchester sauce
½ lt. meat stock	salt and pepper
To add
2 apples, sliced	50gr. butter

Preparation

Purée the meat and sausage in a food processor.

Heat half of the butter and fry the onion. Remove from the heat, add the meat, spices, bread, some stock and the egg. Season with salt and pepper and stir.

Stuff the turkey with the mixture and sew it. Put in a greased ovenproof dish. Season with salt and pepper and cover with silver foil.

Put in the oven at 200° for 2 or 2 and a half hours. Remove the foil and let it bake for further 30 minutes, until it is golden.

Heat the butter and brown the slices of apples for 2 or 3 minutes on each side.

Put 3 or 4 spoons of the sauce produced by the turkey in a little saucepan with the flour. Simmer for a few minutes stirring continually and add some boiling stock. Simmer until it thickens.

Season with salt and pepper, add a teaspoon of Worchester sauce.