Si and Dave served up turkey legs and breasts, chestnut and conference pear stuffing and roast potatoes on The Hairy Bikers Home for Christmas.

The ingredients are: 1 5.5kg turkey, split into crown and boned legs, fully thawed if frozen, 100g softened butter, salt and freshly ground black pepper.

For the stuffing: 15g butter, 1 onion, finely chopped, 600g sausagemeat, 200g chestnuts, crumbled, 1 pear, peeled, cored and finely chopped, 2 apricots, stones removed, finely chopped, 1 tsp allspice berries, ground, pinch freshly grated nutmeg, 2 large sprigs fresh thyme, leaves picked and chopped and 1 unwaxed lemon, finely grated zest only.

For the gravy: 2 tbsp plain flour, 600ml turkey stock and 100ml dry white wine.

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