17 Dec 2009
Xmas dinner for friends 09: timeline
| Time | Prep | Top Oven | Bottom Oven | Hob |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11:00 | Take turkey out of brine, wash | |||
| Make truffle centres and freeze | ||||
| 12:00 | ||||
| Prepare pigs in blankets | ||||
| 13:00 | ||||
| Make truffle outer mix and put in fridge | ||||
| 14:00 | ||||
| 15:00 | ||||
| Make stuffing | ||||
| Make mascarpone and pancetta mix | Oven on, 180°C. Roasting tin with goose fat in | |||
| Stuff turkey with stuffing and mascarpone mix. | ||||
| 16:00 | Baste turkey with melted goose fat and wrap in foil | Turkey in oven | ||
| Make truffles | Baste turkey | |||
| 17:00 | Wash, peel and chop veg | Baste turkey | ||
| Baste turkey | ||||
| 18:00 | Baste turkey | Oven on, 200°C | ||
| Chop veg/herbs for stock | Giblets in pan with some veg/herbs/spices to start boiling for stock | |||
| Remove foil and baste final time | ||||
| 19:00 | Pour honey over parsnips and sweet potatoes | |||
| Take turkey out, remove from dish, cover with foil, pour fat over potatoes, add water to pan and boil | Potatoes, parsnips, sweet potato in. Oven up to 200°C | Ham, pigs in blankets in | ||
| Scrape roasting tin to get fat etc off, then pour into stock. Clean pan, and stand puds on grid | Baste potatoes | Carrots, sprouts on | ||
| Take ham out of oven, cover with foil. Strain gravy then return to hob | Red cabbage on | |||
| 20:00 | Remove stuffing from turkey, carve turkey, start serving veg (potatoes, cabbage, carrots). Carve ham, serve turkey, serve stuffing, rest of veg, pigs in blankets. Carry through plates, pour gravy into jug | Put puds on hob | ||
| Eat! | ||||
| 21:00 | Take puds off, turn out and serve |
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