Irish

Turkey and Ham Dinner

Name: Turkey and Ham Dinner
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Irish
Ingredients: 3 lb turkey crown; 2 lb ham; 3 tbsp butter; 2 tbsp brown sugar; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp black pepper

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Turkey and Ham Dinner is Irish home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

120 min Involved Gluten free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

3 lb turkey crown
2 lb ham
3 tbsp butter
2 tbsp brown sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper

How to cook it

Heat the oven to 350F.
Rub the turkey crown all over with 2 tablespoons of the butter and season with salt and pepper.
Roast the turkey until cooked through, about 90 minutes, basting occasionally.
Meanwhile score the ham fat in a diamond pattern, rub with the remaining butter and the brown sugar, and roast alongside the turkey for the last 40 minutes, until glazed.
Rest both 15 minutes before carving and serving together.

Watch how to cook Turkey and Ham Dinner

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

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Serve it with

A Irish dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Turkey and Ham Dinner, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

What it is eaten with
- Champ
  
  30 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Turkey and Ham Dinner carries dairy. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Turkey and Ham Dinner
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	Yes	Bacon and Egg Salad with Baby Potatoes
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 520 kcal
Protein: 68 g
Carbs: 5 g
Fat: 25 g
Fiber: 0 g
Sugar: 5 g
Sodium: 1280 mg
Saturated fat: 11 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Turkey and Ham Dinner takes about 120 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a proper project. It is eaten at dinner. It is at its best in winter, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.