From Fantastic Mr. Fox · 2009 · Reconstructed
Bean's Roast Turkey
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The raiding party toasts its haul underground — 'we're triumphantly [eating] their sizzling duck' — turkey and all, pulled from the same three-farm sweep
In the movie
Theatrical
- ~00:49:38 The animals toast their haul from the three-farm raid — Bean's turkey pens among it — underground: 'we're triumphantly [eating] their sizzling duck'
Bean is introduced as a "turkey and apple farmer" who subsists on cider instead of food, and his turkey pens are one of the three targets in the film's biggest set piece — the tunnel raid that hits all three farms at once. The turkeys are only on screen for the raid itself, penned and gobbling right up to the moment they become the animals' haul.
Ingredients
Method
- Preheat the oven to 325°F. Pat the turkey dry and season the cavity with salt, pepper, and sage. Loosely stuff with the onion and carrots.
- Rub the whole bird with softened butter and season the skin. Set breast-up in a roasting pan with the stock poured around the base.
- Roast, basting every 45 minutes, until the thigh reads 165°F — about 2.5–3 hours for a bird this size. Tent with foil if the skin browns too fast.
- Rest at least 20 minutes before carving.
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