Christmas Dinner - timings

// under cuisine: meat christmas portions:10

Advance

• Make mincemeat

Christmas Eve

1. Defrost any meat
2. Make bread sauce
3. Make stuffing
4. Cut vegetables to be raosted and leave in a roasting dish
5. Make heidi pie for vegetarians
6. Make mince pies
7. Leave turkey, stuffing and butter out overnight - to reach room temperature.

Christmas Day

07:50 - preheat oven to 220&degC prepare turkey 08:20 - place turkey in oven for 30 mins peel potatoes and cover with cold water 08:50 - reduce oven temperature to 170&degC cook turkey for further 3 hours 11:50 - take foil and bacon off turkey baste turkey return to oven at 200&degC for 30 mins - baste continuously 12:15 - parboil potatoes for 10-20 mins drain and shake 12:30 - roast potatoes for 45 mins at 220&degC take turkey out of oven, check if juices clear leave turkey to sit, covered loosely with foil 12:40 - put parsnips and carrots in oven at 220&degC for 20 ins 12:45 - put stuffing in oven 13:10 - put sausages in oven 13:15 - cook any greens 13:30 - serve

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