Turkey Crown Defrost Time

chrisb1357

Hi all

I am not sure how long to defrost for. I have a aldi crown which is 2.25kg frozen and on packet says defrost around 24hrs before in fridge.

I have checked online defrost calculaters which say 27hrs in the fridge.

So I decided to put in fridge lastnight at 11pm and plan on cooking it from 12noon on Xmas day

Will this be ok putting it in fridge lastnight instead of mid day on Xmas eve?

chrisb1357

Help LOL

Turkey Crown not defrosting in Fridge. I Set Control gauge of fridge this morning as the thermometerer showed -3 and after allday fridge temp won't go anymore than 1c so I think I have a faulty fridge. Few ice crystals on turkey and checked with fork and seems solid still.


And this is temp at top of fridge as well.

Any advice what to do

bunty109

Take it out of the fridge and leave it somewhere cool overnight. I really don't think it will hurt if you leave it in the kitchen as you go to bed and whack it in the fridge in the morning.

chrisb1357

online calculater says 4hrs at room temp so was going to take out in morning at 7am. Is that to risky as I don't know how much it has defrosted already.

bunty109

chrisb1357 wrote: »

online calculater says 4hrs at room temp so was going to take out in morning at 7am. Is that to risky as I don't know how much it has defrosted already.

I think that's fine. Is it wrapped? My dad was a butcher and another trick he used to use was to put the frozen turkey immersed in a washing up bowl of cold water. That would be cooler than room temp if you wanted to leave it overnight.

I often leave things out to defrost overnight in the winter and have never been poisoned yet!

chrisb1357

Its in a large high side glass dish to stop any jucies getting anyware else and I removed all packaging to help with it

GwylimT

Leave it out over night, fridges are fantastic insulators, it is likely that the temperature of the turkey is what lowered the temperature of the fridge, just as something warm would rise the temperature.

chrisb1357

Am just worried it will be out to long at room temp as we not cooking until gone 11am

simon1966

Just defrost a room temperature overnight - that's what i do.

chrisb1357

Cheers for all the advice.

So room temp overnight will be around 9hrs out the fridge. Wont any bacteria form on it or best to put in fridge once I get up in the morning for a few hrs

bunty109

chrisb1357 wrote: »

Cheers for all the advice.

So room temp overnight will be around 9hrs out the fridge. Wont any bacteria form on it or best to put in fridge once I get up in the morning for a few hrs

Just keep it covered in foil. It will be fine!