Turkey stuffed with chestnuts and apples

May be the simplest and most straightforwardly traditional of the roast turkey recipes. Collect your chestnuts in late October and keep them somewhere cool. Or buy them ready prepared.

French cooks nearly always add pork or sausage meat to the chestnut stuffing for turkey. It helps lubricate the bird, and improves the flat taste of chestnuts. In this northern French recipe apples are also added. (The recipe is very similar to that for Goose with chestnuts and apples. <