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Serve up a FESTIVE FEAST

BACON LATTICE TURKEY

 TAKES 2 HRS 45 MINS, PLUS RESTING SERVES 6-8

1 turkey, about 5.5kg 1 lemon, cut in half 1 bulb of garlic, cut in half through the middle 2 bay leaves 2 large carrots, cut into chunks 2 onions, quartered 2 celery sticks, cut into chunks 50g butter, softened 16 rashers of streaky bacon

1 Make sure the giblets are removed from inside the turkey. Put the lemon, garlic and bay leaves into the cavity.

2 Put the chopped veg in a large roasting tray. Put the turkey on top of the veg and tuck the wings underneath the breasts. Rub the butter into the legs and sides of the bird.

3 To make the lattice, lay 8 bacon rashers on the turkey breast. Working left to right, fold every other rasher in half and lay another horizontally in the centre. Fold back the bacon rashers and repeat with the alternate rashers until the top and bottom of the breast are fully covered with bacon.

4 Heat the oven to 200C/ Gas 6. Pour 200ml water into the base of the roasting tray. Roast for

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