- To me, turkey is perfect for an Australian Christmas.
- It needs to be succulent.
- Everyone wants a bite of my Turkey at Christmas.
(Alison giggles)
No one would believe I'm a social worker.
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- Today we're gonna be trying
each other's roast turkey recipes.
- And we're gonna rate them on a scale of one to 10.
- Whoever gets the highest score, of course wins,
so fingers crossed.
- Christmas in our family, it's all about the food.
It's the one day where you can just eat
as much as you possibly can.
And then it's about having a nap in the afternoon.
- Christmas is one of those things where I love hosting,
you know I love having people over,
and just making people happy basically.
- I'm a mum of two boys, so life is very busy at home.
Cooking stuff that's really simple and quick
is really important for me.
- Christmas is always a special time,
but then as soon as you put kids into Christmas,
it's just this whole other level.
- What I'm looking forward to most is one, the presentation.
- It needs to be seasoned really right.
- Obviously there's gonna be a good sniff test
and if that smells like Christmas,
that's gonna get some points.
- It needs to be succulent, it can't be dry.
And it needs to have all the trimmings.
- My turkey is orange, honey glazed, and it is divine,
and it smells so good, it smells amazing.
To start, I combine orange juice, honey, zest of course,
black peppercorns and salt.
Then I bring that to a simmer,
wait until it's just beautifully fragrant
and stinks out the whole house, but in a good way.
So in my turkey I stuff it with the zesty, herby stuffing.
Glaze and I glaze, and make sure that that is
completely covered, bake it till it's sticky, golden,
and serve it with this beautifully peppery,
fennel, roasted pumpkin, and then of course the orange jus.
- Hm. I'm getting lots of sweet, almost citrusy.
- Presentation-wise this looks really inviting.
Looks like something that would be served up
at a restaurant.
- One of those French restaurants,
and they just put this absolutely fabulous meal
in front of you.
- I love a juicy turkey and I love lots of gravy.
I love the way it looks. I'm digging to try in.
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- Oh, wow.
- That is really nice.
- Interesting.
- So it's quite citrusy and delicious.
- So the orange is not coming through, not from me anyway.
- Hmm. That's delicious.
- This would go really well
on one of those scorcher Christmas days.
You're keeping in tradition, you're still doing the turkey,
and the roast veg, but you've got the beautiful zestiness
of the orange.
- A little bit more salt, I think would just make it
that much perfect.
- Overall, I would probably give this one
about an eight out of 10.
- I think the flavors in this turkey's really good.
I love the honey, I love the pumpkin,
the fennel's different for me.
I think I would give it a seven and a half.
- Look, I'm gonna give this one a nine today.
It's been put together beautifully,
the turkey's been cooked through.
With a little bit of salt it'll get to a 10.
- So my mum's heritage is English,
so we always do a roast with all the trimmings.
It's quite traditional. It is super succulent.
And just adds that little bit of sweetness
with the cranberries.
To make the butter, I chop up cranberries and sage,
rosemary and thyme from the garden.
Then I zest the lemon, a bit of salt and pepper,
and then mix it all together.
Then you've got to gently lift up the turkey skin,
put about half of the butter underneath the skin,
and then the rest just pop it all on top.
Pretty much guarantees
that your turkey's not going to go dry.
And I serve my turkey with a homemade chicken gravy,
potatoes and greens.
It's a complete crowd-pleaser.
- I love the way the turkey looks.
This looks like something that I would serve on my table.
- That beautiful, comforting gravy smell,
but then something sweet at the same time,
which is just gorgeous.
- Oh, it smells like traditional.
- Mm. - Mm.
- That's yummy.
- That's beautiful, so succulent.
- Mm, wow.
- Turkey is beautifully moist, she's nailed this one.
I am loving putting stuff under the skin,
like that's a lot of effort.
- I can tell this mum loves just classic flavors.
It is moist, it's very juicy. That's how I like my turkey.
- I think this is just another great way of serving turkey.
This one I feel like the natural flavors of the turkey
come out a lot more.
- Hmm. Okay, potatoes are really, really good.
I'm just gonna move this spinach away, sorry.
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- I'm gonna give this one and eight.
Maybe more sauce, I think I would love to see
more gravy on there.
- Turkey dries out pretty easily, so to make sure
that you're taking it out at the right time
and you've got your temperature right is really important
and this mum's done it perfectly.
I'd give this a ten.
- Honestly, only downside's the sides.
Well, side. Look, I'm gonna give it a 10.
She's nailed it on Christmas.
If I marked her harshly for spinach,
that would be mean because kids already do that.
- So, my turkey recipe is spicy, hearty
and oh so delicious.
First of all, I give it a good drizzle with olive oil.
Then a really good massage with my spice rub,
which includes ground coriander, garam masala,
some ground chili, cumin, curry powder,
and of course, paprika, some good garlic,
lots of salt and pepper on top, and then a good amount
of thyme leaves.
Then you get to stuff the turkey, put it in the oven
until it's lovely and brown.
I serve my turkey with bacon fried Brussels sprouts
and creamy mashed potato. (bright music)
- It almost smells like.
- It looks a bit. I don't wanna be mean.
It looks a bit dry.
- It smells like tandoori.
- There's a nice crust on the turkey,
we've got Brussels sprouts that have been just charred
in the pan.
- Cream gravy.
- Very dry. (Emma giggles)
- It's quite dry.
- As we're all mums, what's probably happened is,
she's just about to plate it, and the baby has pooed
or something like that.
So the poor turkey has had to sit.
So I don't think she should lose marks for that,
but anyway.
- There's a little bit of a kick in there as well.
- I can tell it's been marinated in some beautiful,
spicy mixture.
- There's almost a chili in there.
- Holy hell, that has got spice. That flavor's amazing.
(funky upbeat music) - Brussels sprouts are great.
- The only way I like Brussels sprouts really,
is cooked in bacon, so tick, tick, tick.
I think that's the only way you can have Brussels sprouts,
unless you're mean and you wanna steam them.
- The mash potato's not my favorite.
I would love more butter in it. Sorry.
- There are so many elements on this plate
that I really love, it's probably just a tad bit dry.
I would rate this one 8.5.
- I give it eight and a half.
- On spice, I'd actually rate it a seven and eight.
But I think as a whole, I probably rate it six and a half.
My turkey is a herby, juicy, buttery turkey.
So I first start by combining butter, parsley, sage,
rosemary, thyme, salt, pepper, in a food processor.
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And you peel the skin of the turkey
and you just get your fingers in and push the butter in
and really massage it into the turkey.
You're gonna chuck it in the oven until it's golden brown
and cooked through.
And I love to serve it with yummy roasted sweet potatoes
and sauteed spinach.
- Colors are really pretty, I can't smell it as much as,
oh, okay.
- This one looks pretty good.
Sweet potatoes here with a bit of English spinach.
- I can smell garlic. I love garlic.
- I'm going to have a slice through the turkey. Yum.
- Oh, okay, the way that just cut,
it is a lot more soft, so, let's give it a go.
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- Mm. - Mm.
- Oh my.
- Yum.
- The herb butter has really permeated
through the whole turkey breast.
- I'm going to try the sweet potato
and a little bit of the spinach with the turkey.
- That's really good. That's really, really yummy.
- Perfect for an Aussie barbecue.
- Maybe a tad bit burnt on the bottom.
You can just chop that off and put it to the side.
- Mum's done well. (Emma` laughs)
Mum's done really, really well.
Not a big fan of sweet potato,
so I'll do (bright chimes),
because of the sweet potato.
- I think the over cooked potatoes let it down,
but then the succulence of the turkey brought it up,
and (bright chimes).
- It's beautiful. It's cooked deliciously.
I'm gonna give this one (bright chimes), I think.
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- Awesome! Oh my gosh, that's so good.
But honestly, I think we were all winners,
'cause they were all so delicious.
- Thanks guys for watching.
And if you want us mums to try something else,
let us know, comment below.
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