Turkey crown cooking times are considerably shorter. A turkey crown cooked in the oven at 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6 it will take 70 minutes, plus another 20 minutes per 1kg/2¼lbs total weight.
While your bird is roasting, you should baste it with melted butter every 20 minutes or so. I will melt 200g of butter and tie up “hard herbs” such as thyme and rosemary to use as my basting brush.
In Britain, a perfect turkey is often the star of the Christmas table but we can all remember a time when a poorly cooked bird dampened the festive mood.
When it comes to roasting the turkey, it should be at room temperature before you put it in the pre-heated oven. Suggested cooking times vary. As John McKenna points out, writing in the Irish ...
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