The Best Roast Turkey Recipe
Download the App at: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/dinner-for-two-video-cookbook/id439882587?mt=8 With this perfect simple recipe, dry and tasteless turkey is a thing of the past. Cooking without stuffing reduces the cooking time thereby preventing the bird from drying out. Covering with butter, bacon and foil also helps lock in the flavours for a wonderfully rich, moist buttery turkey. It also produces juices that can be used to make a great gravy . The times quoted here are for a 4.5kg turkey. See below for other cooking times. SERVES: 6 (with some leftovers) TIME: 3 1/2 hrs + 45 min resting INGREDIENTS: 4.5kg / 10lb turkey 50g soft butter salt & pepper 15 rashers streaky bacon Large turkey foil Large heavy bottomed roasting tin 1. Preheat oven to 190c / 370f. 2. Remove giblets from a 4.5kg turkey then place in a large roasting tin. 3. Rub the butter all over the skin of the turkey. 4. Season well with ground black pepper. 5. Lay the bacon rashers over the turkey overlapping slightly. Cover both legs and breasts. 6. Wrap loosely in foil creating a tent for the turkey. 7. Cook for 1 hour. 8. Remove from oven, baste with any juices, recover and return to oven for 1 hour. 9. Baste again. Cook for a third hour. 10. Discard the foil, put the bacon to one side, baste well and cook uncovered for final 30 minutes to brown. 11. Using a meat thermometer, check the centre of the thickest part of the leg is at 80c / 180f, or if using a skewer, the juices run clear. 12. When done, place on a warm serving plate and cover with foil. 13. Allow the meat to rest for 45 minutes while you make the gravy, then serve. Small Birds and crown roasts under 4kg: 20min per kg + 70min Birds over 4kg: 20min per kg + 90min Turkey Weight Serves Time 4kg 5 170min 2hr50min 4.5kg 6 180min 3hrs 5kg 7 190min 3hrs10min 5.5kg 8 200min 3hrs20min 6kg 9 210min 3hrs30min 6.5kg 10 220min 3hrs40min 7kg 11 230min 3hrs50min 7.5kg 12 240min 4hrs 8kg 13 250min 4hrs 10min 8.5kg 14 260min 4hrs 20min