Turkey Crown with Pigs in a Blanket and Braised Red Cabbage
An advantage of cooking a turkey crown is that it’s quicker to cook and easier to carve. Choose your favourite festive stuffing by adding cranberries, apricots or even chestnuts.
Recipe - Grange Sligo - Kavanaghs
Turkey Crown with Pigs in a Blanket and Braised Red Cabbage
Prep Time40 Minutes
Servings6
Cook Time150 Minutes
Ingredients
1 pinch Black Pepper
20 g Butter softened
1 - Lemon zest only
1 - Onion cut into chunks
1 pinch Salt
1 - SuperValu Carrot cut into chunks
1 tsp SuperValu Fresh Sage chopped
3 kg SuperValu Quality Irish Fresh Whole Turkey
20 g Butter
1 stick Cinnamon
0.25 tsp Ground Allspice
70 g Light Muscovado Sugar
1 - Onion sliced
30 g Raisins
100 ml Red Wine
60 ml Red Wine Vinegar
0.25 tsp SuperValu Chilli Flakes
1 small SuperValu Red Cabbage cored and shredded
2 - SuperValu Star Anise
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/gas mark 4.
- Mix the butter, sage and lemon zest together, then rub all over the turkey crown. Place the onion and carrot in a roasting tray and add the turkey on top. Season generously with salt and pepper. Cook in the oven, uncovered, and baste every 45 minutes, until cooked through. A 3kg turkey crown will take 2 hours 15 minutes to cook. Loosely cover with foil if it’s browning too quickly. Allow the crown to rest before carving.
- To prepare the braised cabbage, melt the butter in a pan set over a medium heat. Add the cabbage, apple and onion and sauté for 4 to 5 minutes. Add the sugar, wine, vinegar and spices and stir until the sugar has dissolved. Season with salt and pepper. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat to a gentle simmer and cook for 1 hour. About 20 minutes before the end of the cooking time, stir in the raisins. Once cooked, remove the star anise and cinnamon stick.
- Meanwhile, to prepare the pigs in a blanket, use a rolling pin to roll the streaky bacon in between two sheets of non-stick baking paper to stretch and flatten them. Cut in half and wrap each piece around a cocktail sausage. Place side by side on a baking tray and cook in the oven for about 30 minutes before serving the turkey.
- Carve the turkey crown and serve with some braised cabbage and pigs in a blanket on the side.
- TIP: Cook turkey for 45 minutes per kg.
40 minutes
Prep Time
150 minutes
Cook Time
6
Servings
Shop Ingredients
Makes 6 servings
Funky Soul Ground Black Pepper (41 g)
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SuperValu Irish Creamery Butter (227 g)
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SuperValu Signature Tastes Seedless LemonGold Lemons (3 Piece)
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SuperValu Table Salt (750 g)
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SuperValu Irish Carrots Loose (1 kg)
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SuperValu Fresh Sage (15 g)
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SuperValu Irish Creamery Butter (227 g)
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Schwartz Spices Cinnamon Sticks (13 g)
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Schwartz All Spice Ground (37 g)
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Shamrock Light Muscavado Sugar (500 g)
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SuperValu Raisins (375 g)
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Fleurie Andre Goichot (75 cl)Only €10
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Don Carlos Red Wine Vinegar (500 ml)
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Funky Soul Chilli Flakes (26 g)
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Schwartz Star Anise (10 g)
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Recipe
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/gas mark 4.
- Mix the butter, sage and lemon zest together, then rub all over the turkey crown. Place the onion and carrot in a roasting tray and add the turkey on top. Season generously with salt and pepper. Cook in the oven, uncovered, and baste every 45 minutes, until cooked through. A 3kg turkey crown will take 2 hours 15 minutes to cook. Loosely cover with foil if it’s browning too quickly. Allow the crown to rest before carving.
- To prepare the braised cabbage, melt the butter in a pan set over a medium heat. Add the cabbage, apple and onion and sauté for 4 to 5 minutes. Add the sugar, wine, vinegar and spices and stir until the sugar has dissolved. Season with salt and pepper. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat to a gentle simmer and cook for 1 hour. About 20 minutes before the end of the cooking time, stir in the raisins. Once cooked, remove the star anise and cinnamon stick.
- Meanwhile, to prepare the pigs in a blanket, use a rolling pin to roll the streaky bacon in between two sheets of non-stick baking paper to stretch and flatten them. Cut in half and wrap each piece around a cocktail sausage. Place side by side on a baking tray and cook in the oven for about 30 minutes before serving the turkey.
- Carve the turkey crown and serve with some braised cabbage and pigs in a blanket on the side.
- TIP: Cook turkey for 45 minutes per kg.