TURKEY, STUFFING AND CRANBERRY CHELSEA BUNS
TURKEY, STUFFING AND CRANBERRY CHELSEA BUNS
TURKEY, STUFFING AND CRANBERRY CHELSEA BUNS

Ingredients
  • 500g/1lb 2oz strong white flour
  • plus extra for dusting
  • 50g/2oz caster sugar
  • 10g/¼oz salt
  • 40g/1½oz unsalted butter cut into small pieces
  • plus extra for greasing the tin
  • 2 free-range eggs
  • 2 x 7g sachets fast-acting dried yeast
  • 150ml/5fl oz lukewarm milk
  • 90ml/6 tbsp lukewarm water
  • 280g/10oz cranberry sauce
  • 300g/10½oz leftover turkey
  • shredded
  • 200g/7oz leftover sage and onion stuffing
Directions
  • Place the flour
  • caster sugar and salt into a large mixing bowl and stir to combine. Add the butter
  • eggs
  • yeast
  • milk and warm water.
  • Mix the ingredients with your hands until a rough dough is formed.
  • Tip the dough onto a well-floured surface and knead well for ten minutes
  • or until the dough is smooth and elastic.
  • Place the dough into a clean
  • oiled bowl
  • cover with a damp tea towel and leave to rise for one hour.
  • Tip the dough out onto a very lightly floured surface.
  • Roll out the dough into a rectangle about 50x28cm/20x11in. Turn the dough so that the longer edge is closest to you and “tackâ€� the dough to the work surface by pressing it down firmly with your finger.
  • Spread cranberry sauce onto the surface of the dough with the back of a spoon. Sprinkle the shredded turkey and stuffing on top.
  • Roll the long side of the dough towards you quite tightly
  • forming a spiral inside. When rolled up
  • release the tacked edge and place it onto a floured part of the surface. With a sharp knife cut the sausage shape into 5cm/2in rounds.
  • Place all spiral rounds
  • swirly side up
  • into a large
  • deep roasting tin or baking tray greased thoroughly with butter
  • leaving a 1cm/½in space between each one. You want them to be close enough so that they will bake with their sides touching.
  • Cover with a damp tea towel and set aside in a warm place to rise for an hour. They should have expanded and be touching each other.
  • Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
  • When the buns are ready
  • put them in the oven and bake for 15-20 minutes.
  • After removing the buns from the oven
  • let them cool slightly before removing them from the tin and placing on a cooling rack.
  • When ready to eat
  • pull the buns apart to reveal the soft edges.