Christmas Turkey Roast

Ingredients

• 1.5 kg turkey breast fillet
• Salt
• Pepper
• 2 onions
• 2 garlic cloves (to taste)
• 4 tbsp oil
• 2 tbsp paprika puree
• 0.5 tsp Fennel seeds
• 200 ml dry white wine
• 300 ml Vegetable broth
• 200 ml poultry broth
• 1 kg cleaned Brussels sprouts
• 2 tbsp honey
• sauce thickener (as needed)
• 400 g mini Berner sausages
• 400 g mixed ground meat
• 2 slices toast bread
• 1 small glass cranberry jam (for serving)
• 1 egg
• 1 tbsp finely chopped onions
• 1 tbsp finely chopped herbs
• 1 tbsp breadcrumbs (as needed)
• Salt
• Pepper
• 1 kg boiled salted potatoes
• oil (for frying)

Instructions

1. 1.

   Wash the meat, pat dry and season with salt and pepper.

2. 2.

   Peel the onion and garlic; cut the onion into wedges and finely chop the garlic.

3. 3.

   Heat 2 tbsp oil in a roasting pan and brown the meat all over. Add the onions and garlic and sauté briefly. Stir in paprika puree, deglaze with wine, then transfer to a preheated oven at 150°C and bake for 10 minutes. Add fennel seeds and broths, simmer for about 50 minutes. After 30 minutes, add the cleaned Brussels sprouts, cook together, season with salt and pepper.

4. 4.

   Soak toast bread in lukewarm water, then squeeze out excess liquid. Mix with ground meat, egg, herbs, onions, breadcrumbs, salt and pepper; knead well. Shape into small balls with damp hands.

5. 5.

   Heat oil in a fryer or small pot and fry the sausages, meatballs and potatoes in batches. Drain on paper towels and place on a platter. Remove the roast from the oven, lower temperature to 100°C and keep the platter warm. Take the meat and Brussels sprouts out of the sauce; brush the meat with 1 tbsp honey, set aside on a platter and keep warm in the oven. Stir remaining honey into the sauce, add water if needed, thicken with sauce thickener and season.

6. 6.

   Slice the meat and arrange it on preheated plates alongside the meatballs, sausages, Brussels sprouts and potatoes. Drizzle some sauce over everything and garnish with cranberry jam before serving.