How to cook a turkey: we share the best Tips

GET AHEAD  1. Look inside the main cavity of the turkey for the bag of giblets; if you find them, take them out and place them in your roasting pan while throwing away the bag. They'll give your gravy an amazing boost in flavor, I assure you.

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2. Add the celery or leek tops and coarsely chopped carrots to the tray along with the unpeeled garlic cloves. Peel the onions.

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3. After inserting the filling in the neck cavity, draw back the skin and tuck it beneath the bird. The contrast between this turkey's soft, moist stuffing and the crispier stuffing that you may bake separately in a dish will be pleasing.

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4. Put a board on top of the softened butter, and press down with your hands. To prepare your flavor-infused butter, pick over three sprigs of thyme, zest one-half of a clementine coarsely, season with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, and scrunch everything together.

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5. Cut the clementines in half and add them to the main cavity of the turkey along with the remaining thyme. By not stuffing the cavity too full, heated air can flow and cook the bird from the inside out as well as from the outside in.

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6. Grab your turkey and carefully separate the skin from the meat using a spatula. Create a huge cavity by beginning at the side of the hollow right above the leg and working gradually up towards the breastbone and towards the back.

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Take your butter and insert it into the hole you just made. To ensure that it coated the breast meat as evenly as possible, use your hands to push it through the skin all the way to the back. The opposing side should follow suit.

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7. Drizzle 1 tablespoon of olive oil all over the turkey and generously season it with salt and pepper from both sides.

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8. Place the turkey on top of the trivet in the tray and tightly wrap it in tin foil.

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ON THE DAY 1. Take your turkey out of the fridge 1 hour before it’s due to go in the oven. 2. Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas 4.

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3. A higher-welfare bird should be cooked for 25 to 30 minutes per kilogram, but a regular bird should be cooked for 35 to 40 minutes per kg. Cook a 7 kg chicken for little under 3 hours, basting frequently with the delectable juices in the pan, and cover with foil until it is gorgeously golden brown.

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4. Insert a knife into the thickest portion of the thigh to check for doneness; if the juices run clear, it is cooked.

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5. Transfer the turkey to a dish and let it rest for up to two hours while you get started by using heavy-duty tongs to pull the bird up so that all the fluids drain from the cavity into the tray. If you want to keep it warm, you can cover it with two layers of tin foil and a fresh tea towel. ne.

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6. Remove the turkey tray's fat, store it in a jar, and let it to cool. Transfer to the refrigerator after chilled so you may use it for cooking later.ne.

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It's time to slice the turkey after it has rested. You can accomplish this in one of two ways. The first technique is taking off the wings, slicing the skin next to the legs, pulling out, and chopping off the legs. This brown meat is extremely delicious and may be pulled or cut into slices.

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While you continue with the breast flesh, keep it warm. Slice into the breast meat using the entire length of the knife in a beautiful, smooth motion, transferring it to a tray as you go.

CARVING THE TURKEY

As an alternative, you can take off the leg as described above, feel where the backbone is, and then cut all the way down alongside it until you reach the carcass. After that, you can lift the entire breast off the bone. Slice after removing to a board.

CARVING THE TURKEY

Your bird must be allowed to thaw out at room temperature after being refrigerated. As the bird won't be startled by the oven's heat, you'll get more consistent cooking times and juicier, more tender meat.

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