Dinde aux Truffes - Turkey with Truffles

Turkey with Truffles

Turkey with Truffles

Ingredients:

  • 10-12 lb turkey

  • Several black truffles

  • 1/4 lb lard

  • salt, pepper, thyme, sage, rosemary and bay leaf

  • 1lb bacon sliced thin

  • Root vegetables (onion, carrot and celery for bottom of roasting pan)

Preparation:

  • Wash and dry the turkey

  • Mince the truffles. If you can afford several, leave one whole

  • Put the truffles in pan with lard and season with salt, pepper, and other herbs

  • Cook slowly for half an hour over a low flame and cool

  • Place the cooled, cooked truffles into the turkey and sew it up.

  • Truss the turkey and cover it with slices of bacon.

  • Leave it in the refrigerator for 2-3 days or at least over night.

  • Wrap the turkey in parchment paper

  • Place root vegetables in roasting pan

  • Place turkey on top of vegetables and roast at 350°f for 2 hours

  • Remove the paper and continue roasting until the turkey is well colored and the temperature of the thigh meat is 165°f.

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