Welcome to the forum Halesowenmum 

I have to be honest and say that it would never of our to me to put the turkey stuffing under the turkey breast .
What I do is season some butter with a little salt and pepper ( I use unsalted butter ) and then I press that under the turkey breast skin .
I then lattice the breast meat with streaky bacon.

I cook the turkey in like a foil tent so that it self baste's and before the turkey is wrapped in the foil I always tuck a protective fold of foil ( folded in half then half again ) loosely over the turkey legs and more over the turkey wings to help prevent them overcooking and drying out. )

I put a picture on my blog page of the turkey before and after it was cooked .

I know I am vegetariian but dry turkey breast meat is something that my faimly never complain about , I have know the wa that I cook the turkey in its foil tent retains the moisture in the bird and even when I was  chopping it to make the pie and after it being cold meat and fridge stored for a couple of days I was aware of it beng moist and not at all dry.
( it made a great pie, but the nly problem was that there was not enough left and I had to bulk it up with some ham ! )

We were just talking about Fany Craddock this orning and how I remember her cooking in 'posh frocks' and then there was the ever faithful Johnny always there to run about for her .. great entertainment .

Just remember to reweigh the Turkey after stuffing the neck cavity...as this will affect the total cooking time...

Thanks one and all. It did indeed work well. I used the meat from some cumberland sausages, onion, sage, thyme, zest of four lemons and lardons. It was lovely. BUT, the kids wouldn't touch it (philistines..) so putting it directly under the skin was a bit of a waste although I thought that the meat then stuffing then skin then crispy bacon, was absolutely lovely!!

I think though, on balance, I prefer just stuffing lots of herbs and butter under the skin.

Anyway, I've just had me lunch and I'm totally totally stuffed (topical eh) and must now sit and watch The Sound of Music to try and recover. I smell like a ball of grease (one of the only things I hate about cooking - smelling like what I've just made!!).   

Halesowenmum wrote:

must now sit and watch The Sound of Music )

After me...

DOE-- A DEER A FEMALE DEER
RAY-- A DROP OF GOLDEN SUN
ME-- A NAME I CALL MYSELF
FAR-- A LONG LONG WAY TO RUN
SEW-- A NEEDLE PULLING THREAD
LA-- A NOTE TO FOLLOW SEW
TEA-- A DRINK WITH JAM AND BREAD
THAT WILL BRING US BACK TO DO... oh oh oh

DOE-- A DEER A FEMALE DEER
RAY-- A DROP OF GOLDEN SUN
ME-- A NAME I CALL MYSELF
FAR-- A LONG LONG WAY TO RUN
SEW-- A NEEDLE PULLING THREAD
LA-- A NOTE TO FOLLOW SEW
TEA-- A DRINK WITH JAM AND BREAD
THAT WILL BRING US BACK TO...DOE..

Sorry for the caps lock..