Turkey, would this work??

Coming from a Yorkshire family we tend to be purists about Yorkshire pudding. With roast beef only I’m afraid.

I don’t particularly enjoy turkey but last year did the brining thing for the first time, A lot of the celebrity chefs seemed to be talking about it a lot so I bought this big plastic bucket to put it in and gave it a go. I didn’t have high expectations that it would make a difference but I have to say it was a complete revelation. It made it really moist and delicious. Was a bit of a pain to do but would really recommend.

Craftycat in normal times I cook two ducks on Christmas Eve as there are six of us, we have it in pancakes with all the bits and bobs. The fat is used to roasts potatoes and parsnips on the day, holding off this year as I think we’ll be on our own.

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Been vegetarian now for over 25 years but before that whenever I cooked a large turkey I roasted it upside down and then turned it over for the last hour to brown the breast with bacon on. And put whole or halved peeled onions inside it.

Yorkshire puddings with any roast in this house. My OH likes to cook them in a batch and freeze. No faffing at Christmas with them as well as everything else. We will have a small turkey this year, possibly a crown and cooked upside down.

Easier to cook than a whole turkey as cooking time shorter and so less chance of overcooking to make sure cooked through! Always juicy . Frozen crown juicier than fresh I have found .

Daddima

I’ve taken to brining chicken. Just add salt, sugar, soy sauce, and anything else you fancy, like garlic, onion, or lemon to enough warm water to cover the chicken, let it cool,and leave it overnight for a whole chicken, or three or four hours for pieces. I’m sure it would work equally well with turkey.

I was invited to an American friend's Thanksgiving dinner. The turkey has been brined and was the most moist turkey I have ever eaten.

Being a Yorkshire lass there'd be ructions in this house if there were no Yorkshires on the table at Christmas, or with any roast dinner for that matter

I have turned Turkey over a couple of times but I don't think it made any difference.
I really don't want one this year- I'd like something different for a change. As it is looking as if it will have to be just the 2 of us unless COVID restrictions lifted I may do duck or even a really nice piece of beef ( which will delight DH).

I cook mine in the slow cooker. Never fails to be tender and moist. Obviously have to use smaller crowns, so do two, separately.

I've always cooked turkey crowns and chickens upside down, turning over for the last 30 minutes for the skin to brown. With whole chickens it also ensures the bottom is less soggy!

Yorkshire's at any time!!!!!
Not just Christmas

Humph! As mentioned before, the only time I tried it (after seeing it on here) my ceramic hob went bang!

Another fan of the Phil Vickery method, never let me down yet on various weights of Turkey.

I'm with Phoenix Yorkshire Pudding belongs with beef!

I’ve always used the Phil Vickery method. Always a success ?

Am I the only person who thinks the taste of butter doesn’t complement turkey?
I save the fat from a roast chicken and use that instead.

phoenix
Yorkshire Pudding only with beef in my house too.

Only a few of us so a rib of beef or a goose instead. Rather a lot of meat on even the smallest turkey joint.

Biba I take it you are getting a double rib? A single is a bu**er to cook, and tends to dry out.

If it will be just you, then perhaps a tomahawk steak might be a better option?

Blossoming check what your husband means by Turkey and ham pie, some people mean a sort of veal and ham pie, a bit like pork pie, i.e. raised cold water crust type thing, designed to be eaten cold, never served hot.

Mine is more a sort of Turkey and ham version of a steak pie, iykwim?!

No family = no turkey. It will be aged rib of beef, with all the trimmings, and all homemade.

phoenix I am so making this once I can get some frozen pastry! My OH loves turkey and ham pie. He’ll be impressed with my culinary skills.

Nanagem did you try it with the chicken crown?