Objective Proficiency p 36. Jamie's Christmas Dishes. Extra Listening

I'll go through what you must do to guarantee yourself a 1_________, beautiful cooked turkey. First, I'm going to make 2____________ butter. I'm going to be using dried cranberries. Just 3________ for about a minute. I've got two fairly decent-sized rosemary 4__________, about a tablespoon of 5___________ and then I've got 6____________. Add a good 7___________ of pepper and a quarter of a 8__________, one 9_________ of good quality butter. And what you have to do is 10___________ it up.
To guarantee that the skin doesn't 11________ back, I'd just get a bit of rosemary, or a 12____________.
In the cavity I'm putting no 13_________ at all. The clementines in the cavity will 14__________ a little bit and smell of Christmas.
The stuffing looks 15________ and like 16____________, but it's really nice.
I want to 17__________/ ________/ ___________ that is really simple, really quick, and packs a really good flavour 18____________.
I'm going to put a kilo of 19___________ pork shoulder in a food 20___________.
Add the 21_________ of half a lemon and just two or three 22_____________ of an orange or a clementine. And two or three 23____________ of smoked bacon.
Add some 24_______ bread, don't buy it.
I'm going to save half of the stuffing back to put up the 25__________ of my turkey.
I'm going to pour chestnuts on top, and just 26__________ them.
The stuffing is ready to go in when you put your 27_________ and your roasted veg in.
Have a look at one I made earlier. It's 28____________, it's 29 ____________, it's gone 30__________. I'm going to have a little 31_________ of it.

KEY
1. juicy


2. flavoured


3. chop


4. sprigs (sprig: a small stem with leaves on it from a plant or bush, used in cooking or as a decoration. Sp. ramito. E.g. a sprig of parsley/ holly (Sp. acebo)/ heather (Sp. brezo))


5. thyme /taɪm/ (Sp. tomillo)


6. sage /seɪdʒ/ (Sp. salvia)


7. pinch (the amount of something that you can hold between your finger and thumb. E.g. a pinch of salt)


8. nutmeg (Sp. nuez moscada) 


9. pack


10. scrunch (scrunch something (up) to squeeze something into a small round shape in your hands. Sp. estrujar. E.g. He scrunched up the note and threw it on the fire.)


11. slip (slip (+ adverb/preposition) to slide out of position or out of your hand. Sp. Escurrirse. E.g. His hat had slipped over one eye. The fish slipped out of my hand. The child slipped from his grasp and ran off. (Figurative) She was careful not to let her control slip.)


12. skewer /ˈskjuːə(r)/ a long thin pointed piece of metal or wood that is pushed through pieces of meat, vegetables, etc. to hold them together while they are cooking, or used to test whether something is completely cooked. Sp. pincho, brocheta.


13. stuffing (a mixture of finely chopped food, such as bread, onions and herbs, placed inside a chicken, etc. before it is cooked to give it flavour. Sp. relleno)


14. steam 


15. soggy (wet and soft, usually in a way that is unpleasant. E.g. soggy bread.)


16. breadcrumbs /ˈbredkrʌmz/ very small pieces of bread that can be used in cooking. E.g. fish coated with breadcrumbs


17. give you away (give something away reveal something secret. E.g. She gave away state secrets to the enemy. It was supposed to be a surprise but the children gave the game away.)


18. punch (pack a (powerful, real, etc.) punch (informal)1 (of a boxer) to be capable of hitting somebody very hard. 2 to have a powerful effect on somebody. E.g. The advertising campaign packs quite a punch. )


19. diced 


20. processor (food processor a piece of equipment that is used to mix or cut up food) 


21. zest (/zest/ the outer skin of an orange, a lemon, etc, when it is used to give flavour in cooking. E.g. Add the zest of half a lemon.) 


22. strokes (stroke /strəʊk/ a single movement of the arm when hitting somebody/ something. E.g. His punishment was six strokes of the cane.)
Clementine /ˈkleməntiːn/  


23. rashers (rasher /ˈræʃə(r)/ a thin slice of bacon (= meat from the back or sides of a pig). Sp. loncha de bacon. E.g. a fried egg and two rashers of bacon)


24. stale /steɪl/ (of food, especially bread and cake) no longer fresh and therefore unpleasant to eat. Sp. duro, rancio.


25. jacksie /ˈdʒæksi/ your bottom (= the part of your body that you sit on).


26. crush (crush something to break something into small pieces)


27. spuds (spud /spʌd/ a potato) 


28. bubbling


29. shrunk (shrink, shrank, shrunk or shrink, shrunk, shrunk to become or to make something smaller. E.g. My sweater shrank in the wash.)


30. crispy (or crisp pleasantly hard and dry. E.g. Bake until the pastry is golden and crisp.)  
31. try