The shopping is done, the stockings are stuffed and now comes the hard part. What are you going to serve at the Christmas dinner?

How about a tropical Christmas dinner to replace that traditional yuletide fare?

The amounts given are for about a 12- pound turkey. Make more glaze if your turkey is a lot larger.

Remove giblets and neck from turkey, reserve for gravy. Rinse turkey with cold running water and drain well. Blot dry with paper towels.

Preheat oven to 325° F. Combine first all ingredients except green onion and cilantro and rub over turkey to coat.

Pour remaining sauce into cavity. Add green onions and cilantro to cavity. Place turkey, breast side up, on a rack in a large shallow (about 2 1/2" deep) roasting pan.

Sprinkle inside and out with salt and pepper. Insert an oven safe meat thermometer into the thickest part of the thigh, being careful the pointed end of the thermometer does not touch the bone. Pour poultry stock into bottom of pan.

Roast turkey in a pre-heated, 325° F. oven. Loosely cover with aluminum foil to prevent over browning, remove foil during last hour and a half of cooking time.

Continue to roast until thermometer registers 180° F in the thigh, or 170° F in the breast. A 12-pound turkey will take about three hours to cook.

Turkey Pineapple Curry Recipe

For all that leftovers

In a large skillet cook onion in butter until soft. Sprinkle in flour, curry powder and salt. Cook and stir for three minutes. Add broth and cook over low heat, stirring constantly until thickened. Add turkey and pineapple and heat until mixture is hot.

Serve over hot rice with desired curry accompaniments like chutney, chopped nuts or toasted coconut.

Lee Kum Kee Oyster Sauce 510 grams $3.39	Kidd Bros. Honey 1 kilogram $8.99	Asian Family Five Spice Powder 57 grams $2.59
Asian Family Dried Lemon Grass 25 grams $2.29	Frontier Cilantro 16 grams $4.99	Frontier Black Pepper 51 grams $6.49