The best way to roast a turkey

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747
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The Art Of Cookery
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Ingredients (26)
force-meat
alternative force-meat
bread sauce
onion sauce
Instructions (25)
  1. loosen the skin on the breast of the turkey
  2. fill it with force-meat
  3. chop and beat all force-meat ingredients well together
  4. mix them with the yolk of an egg
  5. stuff up the breast
  6. when you have no suet, butter will do
  7. spread bread and butter thin
  8. grate some nutmeg over it
  9. roll it up
  10. stuff the breast of the turkey
  11. roast it of a fine brown
  12. pin some white paper on the breast till it is near enough
  13. make good gravy in the dish
  14. put a good piece of crumb into a pint of water, with a blade or two of mace, two or three cloves, and some whole pepper
  15. boil it up first, or fix times
  16. take out the spices with a spoon
  17. put in butter
  18. pour off the water
  19. boil an onion in it if you please
  20. beat up the bread with a good piece of butter and a little salt
  21. peel some onions and cut them into thin slices
  22. boil them half an hour in milk and water
  23. drain the water from them
  24. beat them up with a good piece of butter
  25. flake a little
Original Text
THE best way to roast a turkey is to loosen the skin on the breast of the turkey, and fill it with force-meat, made thus: take a quarter of a pound of beef-suet, as many crumbs of bread, a little lemon-peel, an anchovy, some nutmeg, pepper, parsley, and a little thyme. Chop and beat them all well together, mix them with the yolk of an egg; and stuff up the breast; when you have no suet, butter will do; or you may make your force-meat thus: spread bread and butter thin, and grate some nutmeg over it; when you have enough, roll it up, and stuff the breast of the turkey; then roast it of a fine brown, but be sure to pin some white paper on the breast till it is near enough. You must make good gravy in the dish, and bread sauce made thus: take a good piece of crumb, put it into a pint of water, with a blade or two of mace, two or three cloves, and some whole pepper. Boil it up first, or fix times; then with a spoon take out the spices, you may put in butter, and then you must pour off the water. (you may boil an onion in it if you please) then beat up the bread with a good piece of butter and a little salt, or onion sauce, made thus: take some onions, peel them and cut them into thin slices, and boil them half an hour in milk and water, then drain the water from them, and beat them up with a good piece of butter; flake a little
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