You're Invited To Our Italian Christmas!
"A Christmas dinner inspired by travels to Italy, this year's Christmas menu, celebrated on Christmas Eve featured several types of seafood as per Italian custom. The main event was a prosciutto wrapped Turkey Porchetta, a surprisingly easy and perfectly seasoned dish. Along with this we served a crab and leek lasagna, a last minute addition that ended up being a favourite at the table. Spiced cherries and gravy accompanied the turkey porchetta while a Mont Blanc chestnut cake with chestnut shortbread and plenty of ..."
INGREDIENTS
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2x attached turkey breasts, deboned, skin on (your butcher can do this for you)
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200g/7ozs. prosciutto
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1/4 cup rosemary and sage
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2 tablespoons salt flakes
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1 tablespoon fennel seeds
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750g/1.65lbs. cherries
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1 1/4 cup red wine
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1/2 cup sugar (or 3/4 cup if you want it sweeter, I suggest going with less and seeing what you think first)
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1/2 cup water
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1 cinnamon stick
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2 large leeks, white part
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3 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped
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Oil for frying
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150g/5ozs. butter
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2/3 cup plain flour
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3.5 cups milk, heated up
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3 brown anchovies, finely minced
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Freshly grated nutmeg
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12 sheets lasagne (or enough to make four layers)
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225g/8ozs. crab meat
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150g/5ozs. mozzarella cheese
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1/4 cup grated parmesan or pecorino cheese
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Salt and pepper for seasoning
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200g/7ozs. mixed leaf salad
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200g/7ozs. punnet cherry tomatoes
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200g/7ozs. baby bocconcini cheese
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100ml/3.5 fl ozs. extra virgin olive oil
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75ml/2.65 fl ozs. aged balsamic vinegar
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Fresh basil to decorate
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1kg/2lbs. kipfler potatoes, washed and cut in half lengthways
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250g/8.83ozs. eschallots
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1 bunch Dutch carrots
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4 cloves garlic, still in skins
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5 tablespoons olive oil
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2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
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1 needle of rosemary, chopped
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100g butter
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1/2 cup caster or superfine sugar
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1/3 cup chestnut flour
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1/3 cup rice flour
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1/3 cup plain flour
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Pinch of salt
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2 egg whites
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1/2 cup caster or superfine sugar
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1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
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350g jar sweetened chestnut puree
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4 marron glaces, 3 of them chopped up, 1 left whole
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300ml/10.6flozs. cream
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Gold leaf to decorate
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