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Roast Burdfields Turkey
Get it home, unwrap it, remove the giblets, put turkey into a roasting tin - breast side down,
cover losely with tin foil, keep in bottom of fridge until you're ready to cook it. DO NOT
LEAVE IT AT ROOM TEMPERATURE!
No stuffing, no lemons, no bacon, no basting, no anything, just turkey. We haven't added
anything, so why should you? Make the stuffing and cook it separately. Boil the giblets for
the gravy.
The timing and cooking heat varies according to the type of oven.
Do the first 15-20 minutes in a very hot oven and then turn the oven down to low. About 15
mins per lb/30 mins per Kg, so a 20lb bird will take about 5 hours. Check it after four hours,
just in case the oven temperature is too low or too high. Our turkeys have an amazing
amount of "juice" on their backs which will slowly permeate down through into the tray.
Once the juices run freely and clearly from the inner thigh, the turkey is cooked. If you have
a food thermometer, stick it in between the thigh and breast and it should be over 75
degrees C.
When cooked take out of the oven and leave on the side to rest, still breast side down, for
at least an hour. It will still stay hot, whilst you cook all the vegetables and make the giblet
gravy. Warm the crockery.
Whilst the turkey is resting it will slowly absorb all the juices. The breast will have been
browned. When you eventually turn it up the right way, it will not only taste fantastic it will
look fantastic and what's more, it will taste of turkey, without any lemon flavour or stuffing
flavour disguising it.
The reason why so many chefs, cookbooks, etc. give such complicated and fussy things to
do with a turkey is because mass produced ones, tend to be tasteless and dry.
Anita  Burdfields Country Market, 64 The High Street, Mill Lane, Billingshurst, West Sussex,
RH14 9NY 01403 784445 • www.burdfield.co.uk
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