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Two-tray Christmas dinner

A round white plate topped with sliced turkey, roast potatoes and trimmings, covered in gravy

Two-tray Christmas dinner

Name: Two-tray Christmas dinner
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 40 min
Total time: 2 h
Yield: Serves 4 (with leftovers)
Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil; 2 potatoes cut into pieces; 1 thyme or rosemary sprig; 1 ready-stuffed or flavoured turkey breast; 200g carrots and parsnips cut into batons or chunks; butternut squash slices; butter; 6 pigs in blankets; handful sprouts quartered; ready-made gravy; bread sauce to serve

Lulu Grimes

Published: October 31, 2022 at 2:14 PM

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Serves 4 (with leftovers)

Easy

Prep: 20 mins

Cook: 1 hr and 40 mins

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Christmas lunch doesn't have to be complicated. This recipe shows you how to cook everything on oven trays – the turkey, golden roasties, pigs in blankets and all the trimmings – in just two hours

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This recipe uses a stuffed turkey breast. If you can’t get one, you can make your own by pulling the skin gently back off a small turkey breast (750g-1kg) and patting a 1cm layer of ready-made stuffing over the top, replacing the skin and smoothing it down.

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Ingredients

Nutrition

2 tbsp olive oil
2 potatoes

cut into pieces
1 thyme or rosemary sprig
1 ready-stuffed or flavoured turkey breast
200g carrots and parsnips

cut into batons or chunks
butternut squash slices
butter
6 pigs in blankets
handful sprouts

quartered
ready-made gravy
bread sauce

to serve

Nutrition: Per serving

kcal767
fat39.7g
saturates15.6g
carbs32.3g
sugars9.4g
fibre7.2g
protein66.7g
salt2.7g

Method

step 1

Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Put the olive oil in a large oven tray. Put the potatoes in the tray and toss them around, then add a sprig of thyme or rosemary. Put the turkey breast in the centre of another tin and season the skin, then cover with foil. Put the trays in a oven for 40 mins.
step 2

Add the carrots and parsnips and some slices of butternut squash, along with a couple of knobs of butter to the turkey tray. Cook, covered, again for 20 mins.
step 3

Add the pigs in blankets and sprouts to the turkey tray and stir everything around. Cook both trays uncovered for 20 mins and then test the centre of the turkey to make sure it is cooked by piercing the thickest part of the breast with a skewer – the juices should run clear. Rest for 15 mins and then serve with your favourite ready-made gravy, bread sauce and any other accompaniments.

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