John Torode and Lisa Faulkner Christmas turkey traybake with gravy recipe on John and Lisa’s Weekend Kitchen

John Torode and Lisa Faulkner served up a tasty Christmas turkey traybake with all the trimmings and gravy on John and Lisa’s Weekend Kitchen.

The ingredients are: 2kg turkey breast (known as a turkey crown), boned, rolled and wrapped in bacon (or you can use two smaller turkey breasts), 6 carrots, halved lengthways, 1 white onion, halved, 1 bulb of garlic, halved, plus 6 extra cloves, 100g soft butter, Fresh thyme, Fresh rosemary, 2 parsnips, quartered length ways, 2-3 large potatoes, quartered (or cut into 6 if very large), 2 red onions, cut into wedges , Pack of stuffing balls (approx. 6), 6 big or 12 small pigs in blankets, 200g sprouts, 2 tbsp flour, Good splash of red wine, 500ml chicken stock, Salt and pepper and Watercress, to serve.




See recipes by John in his book titled: My Kind of Food: Recipes I Love to Cook at Home available from Amazon now.

See recipes by Lisa in her book titled: The Way I Cook… available from Amazon now.