Turkey crown how long to cook

Avoid a dry and tasteless turkey crown on Christmas Day by following our top cooking tips. Liz Ransome-Croker. In this article How to cook a turkey crown Turkey crown: top cooking tips What temperature should I cook my turkey crown at? Turkey crown cooking times Resting the turkey What size of turkey crown should I get?

What about a boneless turkey crown? More turkey recipes. Then add on another 70 minutes or 90 minutes if your turkey crown weighs more than 4kg. Add some fat to keep it moist — either butter or fat from another meat. Cover the turkey with a loose tent of foil, which will help stop it drying out. Baste the turkey with its own juices. Mary Berry's turkey crown recipe She might be best known for Bake Off, but Mary Berry knows a thing or two about tasty turkey, too.

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Latest News In Which? Best Currys Black Friday Deals for Roasting Weigh your turkey crown after stuffing. Cover the breast with strips of bacon or smear with softened butter then cover loosely with foil. Less than 4kg weight? Cook for 20 minutes per kg then add another 70 minutes cooking time at the end. More than 4kg weight? Make an incision into the breast, if the liquid that comes out is red return the turkey to the oven. When cooking meat we always use a thermometer to check when it is cooked to perfection.

Insert the probe into the thickest part of the meat. If the temperature reaches 60C the turkey is ready to come out of the oven and rest. As it rests the temperature will rise to 70C. The answer is a resounding yes! You should always rest meat as it will make it more moist and tender. We would recommend resting a turkey crown from 30 mins to 1 hr covered in foil. The residual heat in the meat continues cooking it during this resting time, the temperature will climb about 10 degrees c more.

Rebecca Alderton is the Brand Manager at Gressingham, were many Christmas turkeys come from, advises resting the meat for 30 mins before carving. This retains more of the juices for a more succulent meat. But in order to keep a turkey crown succulent and moist, we have a few suggestions.

Rebecca Alderton suggests adding ml of water to the roasting tray while cooking to keep a turkey crown moist. You could, as we suggest in the recipe above, add oodles of butter and regularly bast the turkey crown.

Turkey crowns have become more fashionable in recent years Image: Getty. You may also have to adjust the cooking time depending on the type of crown you have bought.

It should then rise another five degrees Celsius as the turkey has time to rest. Make sure the crown is steaming throughout and there's no pink meat visible Image: Getty. Mince pie recipe: How to make mince pies. How do I know when my turkey crown is cooked?