Turkey Jelly; One of my Favourite Foods!

By Lyn Funnell

My Mum’s family all ate this, but nobody else seems to have heard of it.

After I’ve lifted the roast turkey out of the baking tin, I pour all the fat and juices into a bowl and leave it in the fridge.

The next morning it will have solidified.

I tip the bowl sideways and underneath the fat is a thick layer of turkey jelly.

Spread on toast with salt and pepper, it’s absolutely delicious, with a turkey flavour.

I use the fat for roasting potatoes, or for frying onions, eggs and bacon, or anything else that the flavour improves.

And it keeps for weeks in the fridge.

Author

  • Lyn Funnell

    Lyn is the co-owner of Unknown Kent and Sussex. She lives in Sussex.

    Lyn has been writing for most of her life, both Fiction & Non-Fiction. She loves cookery & creating original recipes. She's won a lot of prizes, including Good Housekeeping Millenium Menu & on BBC The One Show as a runner-up, making her Britain's Spag Bol Queen!

    She has had nine books published so far.

    History, Travel & Restaurant Reviews are her main interests.

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