Turkey for 12

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colly

Re member eR
Location
Leeds
What gbb said.
4 hours for a BIG bird is not enough, you might get away with that if it's a small one. Overnight on low?
I've never used them on a turkey, but it you really are limited on time use some skewers to get some heat into the deep parts of the bird.
 

green1

Über Member
and are there any scrummy tips to make it juicy and good?
Yes bin the turkey and get a goose.
Turkey is just like a large chicken and even blander, goose is like a large duck and is food of the gods.
 

Arch

Married to Night Train
Location
Salford, UK
Mum got a turkey breast joint last year, that was good - all nice white meat, no waste. We covered it with bacon to add fat and flavour when roasting.

(But we're going for beef this year)
 
This is no good if you carve at the table, but you can cut the turkey up as follows-
Cut below the breast meat and ribs from end to end on each side so you have the two breasts with some rib left under them (this is a Crown) It sits nicely on the ribs and you can put this in a smaller tin and work out the weight/time on this.
Then put the two legs in seperate tin and cook tied together (make it a bigger lump that will not frazzle). Again work out time based on weight. Put the wings and remainder in the freezer and cook another day, not much good to use on the day but lots for a curry.
Put all in together and then the legs will be done early to allow some more overn space for other things.
 
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RedRider

RedRider

Pulling through
Cheers everyone. As mentioned, the dinner's not really for me but, in a departure from my usual role, cooking it at work for a bunch of folk. Ordered all six kilos of it today, fingers crossed it does fit in the oven otherwise I'm gonna have to follow OTH's butchery advice. Umm-ing and ahh-ing about doing it the day before or getting in early to start it on the day itself but deffo jibbing the idea of only part cooking it xmas eve cos Sam and Ella aren't invited!
 
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