Perfect roast turkey

Cooking ingredients

20ml/¾fl oz rapeseed oil
2 pinches sea salt flakes
2 pinches freshly ground white pepper
salt and freshly ground black pepper
1-2 tsp ground arrowroot (depending on how thick you like your gravy), dissolved in 1 tbsp cold water

Dairy, eggs and chilled

40g/1½oz unsalted butter, softened to room temperature

Meat, fish and poultry

1 x 5kg/11lb good-quality free-range turkey, preferably organically reared, wishbone removed (ask your butcher to remove the wings and neck and chop them into 2.5cm/1in pieces to use in the dish)

Other

200ml/7fl oz water
roast potatoes and steamed seasonal vegetables, to serve

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