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Ingredients:
450g raisins
285g sultanas
110g currants
180g glacé cherries (halved)
110g ground almonds
225g unsalted butter (room temperature)
225g soft brown sugar (pale)
285g plain flour (sieved)
zest of a lemon
5 eggs
2 tsp of mixed spice
2 tbsp of pale runny honey
200 ml of beer (I used Speckled Hen)
Method:
Preheat oven to 160c (140 fan)
Line the base and sides of the 8″ cake tin with a double thickness of baking parchment. Cut the paper an inch deeper than the tin so that it is sticking above the top rim.
Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy (I use an electric mixer for this).
Beat the eggs well and add them gradually to the mixture, a little at a time, beating them well. If the mixture curdles beat in a teaspoon of the flour before continuing.
Using a tablespoon, gently fold in the flour, lemon zest and spices.
Fold in the beer and honey and stir gently.
Add the fruit and ground almonds and stir gently.
Transfer the mixture to the cake tin and make a hollow in the centre of the mixture (roughly 2″ wide and 1″ deep).
Bake in the centre of a preheated oven for about 2.5 hours depending on your oven, it may need a little longer. Check that it is cooked by inserting a skewer into the middle – this should be clean when removed. The centre should feel firm and springy if touched.
Turn out onto a wire rack. When it is cold, make a few holes in the top and bottom of the cake (using a skewer) and feed the cake with the Irish whiskey (brandy would be fine as an alternative).
Wrap the cake in baking parchment and store in a tin or cover with foil until you need it.
Ingredients
butter, for greasing
20 rashers pancetta (2 x 70g/2oz packs) or thinly sliced streaky bacon
3kg 6lbs 8oz butterflied turkeys breast (see know-how below)
For the stuffing
25g butter
1 tbsp olive oil
2 large onions, halved and sliced
140g pack pancetta cubes or bacon lardons
50g pine nuts
4 garlic cloves, chopped
25g pack sage, leaves only, roughly chopped
zest 2 lemons
2 x 20g/1oz packs flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped
100g coarse white breadcrumbs
1 egg, beaten
For the gravy
300ml dry white wine
300ml chicken stock
142ml pot double cream
handful flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped
Method
First prepare the stuffing. Heat the butter and oil in a large frying pan, then soften the onion without colouring for 10 mins. Tip into a bowl. Add the pancetta or bacon to the pan, fry for 5 mins until golden, then add the pine nuts, garlic, sage and lemon zest. Fry for 1 min more until fragrant and the pine nuts are starting to brown. Stir in the chopped parsley. Tip into the bowl with the onions, then bind with the crumbs, egg and seasoning.
Butter and season a sheet of turkey foil or use 2 sheets of foil crimped together to make a sheet about 50 x 60cm. Lay five long pieces of string over the foil like rungs of a ladder, ready to tie the breast together. Arrange the pancetta or bacon in a lattice over the middle of the foil, on top of the string.
Open out the butterflied breast, skin-side down, and slash each side several times. Cover with cling film and bash with a rolling pin until the meat is about 5cm thick all over. Trim the sides so that you have a roughly rectangular shape (but be careful not to cut the skin). Lift onto the pancetta, then fill any gaps with the trimmings. Season, then press the stuffing along the middle of the joint. Pull up the sides at one end, tucking in the short end, then tie the string tightly so that the stuffing is encased. Repeat with all the strings. Wrap up tightly in the foil, then turn the roll over so that the pancetta is on the top. Can be left in the fridge for up to 2 days.
Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Sit the joint in a roasting tin and roast for 40 mins per kg or until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out very hot and the juices run clear. Unwrap for the last 10 mins of cooking.
Lift the joint onto a board and leave to rest, covered, for at least 10 mins. For the gravy, heat the tin on the hob, then splash in the wine and any juices. Reduce by half, then add the stock and repeat. Pour in the cream and bubble to a slightly reduced sauce. Season to taste, then stir in the parsley.
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