Trussing Poultry

Here you can learn all you need to successfully prepare your bird for roasting.

Trussing is done to keep your bird in a compact shape while it cooks. You'll need a trussing needle or fine skewer and a thin thread. Be careful with sharp skewers and large needles and never place your hand or fingers on the outside of the bird where they may be pierced by the skewer.

1. Fold the neck skin under the body and fold the wing tips back towards the backbone so they hold the neck skin in position.
2. Put the bird on its back and press the legs well into the side. Slit the skin above the vent, push the parson's nose through.
3. Thread the needle with a length of string and insert it close to the second joint of the right wing; push it right through the body, to catch the joint on the left side.
4. Insert the needle again in the first joint of the left wing, pass it through the flesh at the back of the body, catching the tips of the wings and the neck skin, and pass it out through the first joint of the wing on the right side. Tie the ends in a neat bow.
5. To truss the legs, re-thread the needle and insert it through the gristle at the right side of the parson's nose. Pass the string over the right leg, over the left leg, through the gristle at the left side of the parson's nose, carry it behind the parson's nose and tie the ends of the string firmly.
6. If using a skewer, insert it right through the body of the bird just below the thigh bone and turn the bird over on to its breast. First, catching in the wing tips, pass the string under the ends of skewer and cross it over the back.
7. Turn the bird over and tie the ends of the string together around the tail, at the same time securing each of the drumsticks.

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