Turkey with herb butter and garlic bread sauce

Turkey with herb butter and garlic bread sauce

Ingredients
  • 5-6kg turkey
  • 1/3 cup chopped fresh
  • continental parsley
  • 2 tbs chopped fresh tarragon
  • Large pinch saffron strands
  • 220g butter, at room temperature
  • 1 1/2 cups couscous salad
  • 6 large prosciutto slices
  • 1 tbs honey
  • 1 tbs orange juice
  • Garlic bread sauce
  • 50g (2/3 cup) fresh breadcrumbs
  • 50g almond meal
  • 2 garlic cloves, chopped
  • 130g (1/2 cup) natural yoghurt
  • 2 tbs extra virgin
  • olive oil
  • 1 tbs red vinegar
Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 230C/210C fan forced. Line a large roasting pan with non-stick baking paper. Remove excess fat, giblets and neck from turkey. Wipe inside and out with paper towel. Run your fingers under breast skin to loosen. Combine the parsley, tarragon, saffron and 200g of the butter in a bowl. Season. Place mixture under the breast skin. Use your hands to spread evenly. Fill cavity with couscous salad. Tie legs together with unwaxed kitchen string. Tuck wings under. Place turkey, breast-side up, in pan.
  2. Melt remaining butter and brush over turkey. Cover loosely with foil. Place in oven and immediately reduce heat to 180C/ 160C fan-forced Roast for 2 hours. Remove foil and baste with pan juices. Arrange prosciutto in overlapping slices over turkey breast, securing with toothpicks if necessary. Roast for a further 30 minutes.
  3. Heat honey and orange juice in a small microwave-safe bowl in the microwave for 5-10 seconds or until the honey melts. Stir to combine, then brush mixture over whole turkey. Roast for a further 30 minutes or until golden.
  4. Meanwhile, to make the sauce, place all the ingredients in a food processor and process until smooth. Cover and set aside. Remove turkey from the oven. Transfer to a platter. Cover with foil and set aside for 20 minutes to rest. Pour the pan juices into a saucepan, straining off excess fat. Cover to keep warm. Slice the turkey. Serve with the pan juices and bread sauce.