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Thanksgiving Apple Buttered Turkey in Cheesecloth, Bacon and Onion Stuffed Baked Sweet Potatoes, Creamed Red Cabbage Gratin

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Apple Buttered Turkey Joint in Cheesecloth

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1 x 1kg turkey breast joint

200ml apple juice or cider

2 eating apples

1 onion, peeled and roughly chopped

50g butter

Few sprigs fresh thyme

Salt

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Sprinkle the turkey skin with salt and thyme and place on a baking dish.

Boil the cider with the butter until the butter has melted.

Soak a piece of cheesecloth, enough to cover the top of the turkey, in the butter mixture. When cool enough to handle, drape the cheesecloth over the turkey. Cut the apple into wedges and place around the turkey with the onion.

Pour over the juices and place in a 180藲c oven for 45 minutes. Remove cloth, baste the turkey and cook for a further 10 minutes, basting as you go. Rest and slice.

Press the juices through a sieve add 250ml chicken stock, bring to the boil and thicken with cornflour for gravy.

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Stuffed Baked Sweet Potatoes with Bacon and Onion

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4 medium sweet potatoes, scrubbed

2 rashers smoked streaky bacon, chopped

2 small onions, peeled and chopped

75g grated cheddar

2 teaspoons fresh rosemary chopped

1 tablespoon cooking oil

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Place the potatoes in a baking tray, cover with foil and bake in a 180藲c oven until soft - about an hour.

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Fry the bacon in the oil until crispy and add the onion and cook until golden. Turn in to a dish.

Cut the top off the sweet potato and scoop out some flesh, leaving a shell.

Mix with the bacon mixture and the cheese and rosemary.

Spoon back into the potato and bake for 15 minutes

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Serve.

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Creamed Red Cabbage Gratin

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1 small red cabbage

2 red onions

1 teaspoon sweet smoked paprika

1 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons cooking oil

150ml double cream

50g breadcrumbs

50g butter

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Cut the cabbage in quarters through the root and shred as finely as you can, discarding the root end.

Heat the cooking oil in a large pot and add the onion and cook until soft.

Add the cabbage and cover with a lid.

Cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Add the salt and paprika and cook for a further 5 minutes.

Add the cream and bring to the boil.

Turn into a baking dish.

Melt the butter and mix in the crumbs.

Sprinkle over the cabbage and bake in a 200藲c oven until golden.