Cooking Turkey Crown

katgirlie

Hello everyone,

I have to cook 'Christmas' dinner on Saturday for 10 friends. I have a HUGE turkey (frozen), so I'm planning to remove the legs and cook it as a crown. However, I've been trying to find out how to cook it and have found huge variation - from 20mins/kilo to 45 mins/kilo! Does one of you splendid folk have a foolproof method for cooking a turkey crown? I really do need to impress as I have a friendly rivalry with last year's chef and need to win!!

Thanks chaps,

Katy

princess_leia_3

Hi, if you go to this website it shows you lots of stuff to do with turkey - defrosting/cooking times etc .....

http://www.britishturkey.co.uk/

Hth, I found it really useful!

linzibean

In our house it has always been, 25 minutes per pound at gas mark 5, plus 30 minutes for luck. Comes out all scrummy

Wannabesaver_4

Whenever i cook a turkey crown i carefully seperate the skin of the turkey from the breast and fill with butter. Then season with salt and pepper. Obviously you can stuff with stuffing if you wish.

The butter bastes the turkey and makes it incredibly moist when its cooked. YUMMMY x

katgirlie

Thanks guys, according to that site I just cook it the same as a whole turkey (mins/kg). Interestingly, it also says that oven temps nationwide may be lower on xmas day due to increased power requirements...

Olliebeak

Personally, I wouldn't treat a turkey with the legs/wings removed as a turkey crown. It will still have the thighs attached which are very thick and take quite a long time to cook through anyway. Those are usually the last places to still be showing signs of blood - deep down in the crack between drumstick and thigh. A 'true turkey crown' is one that is literally just the top of the carcase with the two breast fillets attached.

But it's a good idea to remove the drumsticks anyway - they are usually the bits that dry out way too much as they are always so close to the sides of the oven.

Hope you enjoy it - we've had them a few times and they are always popular!

katgirlie

Thanks Olliebeak - although when I said I would be removing the legs, I did actually mean the drumstick and the thigh, rather than just the drumstick. So it will effectively be, as far as I know, a crown. I think.

bundly

I read on the turkey website that after stuffind butter under the skin, you cook it UPSIDE DOWN so the breasts cook in the pan with all the butter. Then you turn it over 30 mins from the end to brown the skin! I am going to try this.

PasturesNew

For just a crown, cover it in foil, cook for 70 minutes, plus 20 minutes per kilo.
Rest for 10+ minutes when it's done.
If you want it to brown on top, remove the foil for the last half an hour.

Rob5059

I just typed into google How to cook a turkey crown as I was confused, I saw this forum mentioned on google and thought I'd look here you all being ordinary people (not being rude when I say ordinary) ....NOW I AM TOTALLY CONFUSED:rotfl:

As cooking times seem to range from 25mins to (I think) 70 mins per kgm have been mentioned so that is confusing but also no mention of oven temps even more confusing:eek::).

So for a thicko like myself anybody got any advice on time per kgm and electric oven temps.

Thanks a lot.
Rob

moonpenny

I watched a celebrity chef the other night cooking a turkey and putting softened butter under the skin.
I always do this with a Crown but, he flavoured the butter with a couple of fresh herbs and I can't remember what. Does it ring any bells with anyone?

Can't even remember which chanel it was on or which chef - I think one of the herbs was parsley. Can anyone help?