Tom Kerridge's Christmas Dinner: Roast Turkey & Gravy

Up your cooking game this Christmas and enjoy flavourful festivities with Tom’s Roast Turkey and Gravy recipe. Simply follow the video and share your attempt with Tom by using #CookwithKerridge. Make sure you subscribe to the channel for all of the latest updates.

Serves: 6

Ingredients:
1kg x Turkey breast brined for 8 hours in a 10% salt brine
15 rashers of streaky bacon
4 banana shallots, peeled and sliced
100g button mushrooms, sliced
2 sticks of celery, chopped
1 sprig of thyme
25g melted butter
25g plain flour
500ml chicken stock

Method:
- To start with, add all of the chopped veggies and herbs to a roasting tin
- Remove the turkey from the brine and then pat dry and wrap in the bacon (please see the video which shows how I do this)
- Then pop the turkey on to the vegetables and place the dish into a pre-heated oven 185 degrees and cook for 1 hour 30 minutes
- Remove the turkey from the tray and rest on a warm plate, covering with tin foil
- For the gravy, place the cooking tray onto the hob and turn on the heat, then add the runny honey and heat until the honey begins to caramelise then pour in the soy sauce to deglaze the tray
- Next, add the butter to the tray, once melted add the flour and cook out gently for a minute or so then begin to ladle in the stock. (very similar to making a white sauce) once the liquid is added simmer for ten minutes to ensure the flour is cooked out
- Then pass through a fine sieve into a fresh saucepan until required

[drewsona]

This is a winner. Cooked a 1kg turkey breast from Marks and Spencer at Christmas 2022 and 2023 and have never experienced such moist, tender turkey. I cooked my turkey breasts for 1 hour 20 minutes at 180c and rested for 15 minutes. The brining will prevent the meat from dying out if it is cooked for too long.

[gaggymott]

Turf out Ramsey, Turf out Oliver...Give me big Tom Kerridge any day of the week... His cooking is A1. Thanks, Tom ❤❤❤❤

[radusguru]

I did this last year and was one of the most stress free and excellent tasting Christmas dinners I have ever done. Everyone loved it. Doing it again this year. Make ahead gravy with roasted chicken wings, veg and herbs.. not much to do on the day apart from some roast potatoes and veg. Nice one Tom

[drewsona]

Fantastic. Just cooked this. Best turkey I’ve ever cooked. Thanks Tom.

[michaelosborne]

This is now my go-to every year. Thanks Tom!!

[janeparrett]

I made your bacon wrapped turkey. It was great. The gravy really good. Thanks, Tom. I will forever brine my turkeys. So juicy and tender.

[willyum]

I'm so glad to hear that simple sentence about the sugar content of shallots vs onions. I've wondered what the difference is between all those things in the onion family and this is so helpful. In general though, what a legend. Thanks Tom, I really appreciate it.

[jollyjollyme]

Canny! Will have to add this to the "try very soon list". I am making your Turkey Roll again this year - the stuffing from that recipe is amazing and a top local chef even asked me for the recipe a few years back haha

[Ironlung]

What temp did you pull the turkey out?

[nitelite]

An hour and a half at 180°c seems a long time for that piece of meat. I reckon it would be no more than an hour. A large roast chicken cooks in an hour.

[andysmith]

Why do chefs like him and Ramsey give arbitrary cooking times? People won't have a hope in hell of cooking a great turkey breast with that rule. Temp Temp Temp. Pull it out at 150F, how hard is that to figure out with a $10 thermometer?! It's like these TV chefs are too proud to admit they probe their meat. Ramsey was always the same in Hells Kitchen with the Wellingtons.

[citic]

pinch of salt ( sauce ) ! wow for me that was a lot

[honeybee]

Who has the money and time to do all this no basic cooking to much faff.

[sammiecichockyj]

I’m not impressed upto now with your cooking Tom
I could post pictures of airplanes doesn’t mean I can fly them
Think you need to polish off your cooking skills mate!!