Oven-Baked Stuffed Turkey

Method

1. In a bowl, combine the mixed minced meat, sausage meat, stale bread soaked in cream (or milk), eggs, 4 peppercorns, a drizzle of oil, a splash of wine, a handful of pitted prunes, boiled and roasted chestnuts, the zest of one lemon and half an orange, a small piece of lard, salt and pepper. Mix well.
2. Grease a baking tray with oil, season with salt and pepper. Place the turkey (7 kg) on the tray.
3. Season the inside of the turkey with salt and pepper. Stuff the cavity with the prepared filling.
4. Insert a whole apple and a whole orange into the cavity to compact the filling.
5. Sew the opening of the turkey with needle and thread, using mattress stitches. Tie the legs to keep the shape.
6. Cover the turkey breast with slices of guanciale to prevent it from drying out during cooking.
7. Prepare a soffritto with chopped onion and place it under the turkey in the tray.
8. Bake at high temperature initially, then lower the oven and cook slowly until fully cooked.
9. Once cooked, remove the turkey and strain the cooking juices.
10. To serve: cut a leg, slice the breast. Serve with the stuffing, the cooked apple, the cooked orange, and a drizzle of the cooking juices.