The Best Xmas Turkey?

Pretani

ellies_angel wrote: »

the bashed neeps and carrots were made in November and frozen, just need to be defrosted and heated,

We have carrots and parsnips mashed for christmas. Turnip would be a nice change.

ellies_angel wrote: »

honey parsnips

roasted ones?...yummmy

undercoverblonde

I have always cooked my turkey the night before and sliced and reheated it while the potatoes etc are roasting on christmas day, although I have a day off cooking this year as I am going to me mams

zippychick

here's a load of links to help you

Fill your boots

this thread should help Christmas dinner - preparing in advance

And these :j
The best christmas turkey (i'll merge this later)

Turkey crown

Leftover turkey

Turkey soup?

Defrosting turkey

Turkey mince

Turkey leg recipes

Freezing cooked turkey

Also don't forget this thread

Old style Preparations for Christmas 2010!!
thanks
Zip

meritaten

Ive never cooked turkey on christmas day. Its always done on christmas eve and I have sometimes reheated it in the ding! if you dont over cook it in the first place, it doesnt do it any harm to be reheated in gravy! er, and if you DID overcook it...............then reheating in gravy moistens it anyway! a win win situation!

Sunnyday

I`m working right up until Christmas including Christmas eve which is when i usually get al the food prepped.

I cooked my turkey yesterday

Its now sliced up in the freezer and will be thawed and reheated in time for Christmas dinner, if i didn`t get prepared in advance then there wouldn`t BE any Christmas dinner

SD

lou06

zippychick wrote: »

here's a load of links to help you

Fill your boots

this thread should help Christmas dinner - preparing in advance

And these :j
The best christmas turkey (i'll merge this later)

Turkey crown

Leftover turkey

Turkey soup?

Defrosting turkey

Turkey mince

Turkey leg recipes

Freezing cooked turkey

Also don't forget this thread

Old style Preparations for Christmas 2010!!
thanks
Zip

Morning Zip
I didn't notice that there was another thread on this, some great tips and suggestions sounds lovely. Thanks

lou06

Morning all

I am getting the turkey from mum, and going to try and cook it upside down, then slice up and put it in the freezer. We needed I'll then defrost then reheat in gravy. Can see this being the tradition from now on!

furball

I always cook my turkey overnight. Loads of butter and 2 layers of foil, mind you it's always a huge turkey. I found this works fab as you don't have to miss any of the christmas morning excitement with the littlies. I always prepare veg in advance the night before and keep it in fridge, in water if needed.

lou06

Morning Furball

sounds good to me, it's a pity the slow cooker isn't big enough.

However, on that note, do you think it would be okay to reheat the turkey in gravy using the slow cooker, could probably put it in mum's utility room out of the way, beside the trifle!

Dawning

just worked out the timings and temps for dinner later and I need to get the turkey cooked and out of the oven about an hour before serving it, so I can get the rest of the stuff into the oven..
How can I keep the turkey warm and safe to serve? Tin foil seems liek the solution but will that cause it to stay at an unsafe (bacteria wise) temperature? should I just - reluctantly - serve it cold instead?