Roasted Turkey With Bacon Larding

Ingredients

• 1 turkey
• salt
• bacon strips (for larding)
• sausage meat OR boiled, peeled, mashed chestnuts OR force-meat stuffing ingredients
• liver, heart, and gizzard (for force-meat)
• chopped parsley
• chopped onions
• sweet herbs
• grated bread
• butter
• lemon juice
• grated lemon peel
• 1-2 egg yolks (for stuffing)
• 1 egg yolk (for thickening gravy)

Method

1. 1 Rub the turkey all over with salt and lard it with bacon strips.
2. 2 Prepare your chosen stuffing: sausage meat, mashed chestnuts, or a mixture of chopped giblets, herbs, bread, butter, lemon, and egg yolk.
3. 3 Stuff the turkey and roast in a moderate oven (350°F) for at least two hours.
4. 4 Thicken the gravy by stirring in an egg yolk just before serving.