Super EASY Roast Turkey One Tray

Christmas One-Tray Turkey Bake

Ingredients

• 1 packet stuffing mix
• Hot water, to prepare the stuffing and add to the tray
• Cranberry sauce, stirred into the stuffing
• Turkey breast steaks
• Bacon rashers, to wrap around the turkey parcels
• Parsnips and carrots, cut into large pieces
• Shallots, halved
• Pigs in blankets (sausages wrapped in bacon)
• Brussels sprouts
• Olive oil
• Salt and pepper
• Sage and rosemary
• Gravy and roast potatoes, to serve

This recipe makes four turkey parcels.

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180–185°C. Prepare the stuffing with hot water, then stir in the cranberry sauce.
2. Lay out a turkey steak and add a spoonful of stuffing. Wrap the turkey around the stuffing, then wrap bacon around the outside. Use an extra piece of bacon if needed to secure the parcel. Repeat to make four parcels.
3. Drizzle a roasting tray with oil. Cut the parsnips and carrots into large, fairly even pieces, and halve the shallots.
4. Put the vegetables in a bowl. Oil your hands and massage the oil over the vegetables, rather than pouring too much directly onto them. Arrange the vegetables in the tray with the pigs in blankets.
5. Season with salt and pepper. Add sage and a few sprigs of rosemary, then pour a little hot water into the tray. Roast for 25–30 minutes.
6. Add the Brussels sprouts and return the tray to the oven for about 20 minutes, until the vegetables are browned and the turkey is cooked through. Total oven time is roughly 45–50 minutes.
7. Serve with gravy and roast potatoes.

Tips and Serving Notes

• Wrapping the turkey around the stuffing and the bacon around the outside is intended to help keep the turkey tender.
• Cut the vegetables to similar sizes so they cook evenly. The presenters recommend cutting them into larger pieces.
• Add the Brussels sprouts later so they can brown without overcooking.
• Roast the potatoes separately, as there isn’t room for them on the tray. The presenters mention a separate roast-potato video linked in the description.
• Preparation takes about 15 minutes, and dinner is ready in under an hour.

Presenter/channel: John and Lisa, John and Lisa’s Kitchen and Home Referenced source: Their separate roast-potato video, linked in the description.