Help......

[Slashmb]

Me and Mrs Slash are doing our first Christmas dinner this year. For 7. We have got a turkey crown which weighs 11 lbs and have no idea how long to cook it for.

Please help. Everyone keeps telling us different and we dont know where to start. Is it 20 mins a pound or 15? Do we put an onion in for flavor or not?
Should we put water in so it doesn't go dry!

Shall I go to my mums next year? Hell Yes!!

AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH

[speedchick]

Slap some butter over the top of it, put some tin foil on and then cook it for 20 mins per pound, plus 20 mins extra. As you get the last half hour or so, take the foil off to let it brown up. Use the fat in the roasting tin to baste it. And make sure that the juices run clear (stick a skewer in it to check the juices)

[jonjo]

20 mins a pound plus 20mins - cook it breast down until the last half-hour.

[Fanny Haddock]

No good asking me, year before last I got a 22lb turkey to feed the hoardes which refused to cook even after 22hours so I wacked it up high for the last hour fearing that I'd poison the lot of them and it um... went a bit sparrow shaped and wrong. This year we have beef and duck.

I think it's 20 mins per pound plus 20 for good luck - or leave the 20 for good luck and let it 'rest' but it's a good idea to use foil and cook it upside down for a bit so the juices can get into the breast. Ooher, rude.

Jamie Oliver knows though

http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/christmas

[Slashmb]

What temp in an electric oven? Its a fan assisted jobbie.
Thanks for replies.
Does it need the water?

[Gizmo535]

200 degC, 20 mins per pound plus 20 to warm up as said.
Splosh of water in the pan to help keep it moist, baste every half hour or so.
Rub olive oil and sea salt into the skin before you put it in.

My personal trick is to put a whole lemon cut into quarters (and squashed a bit) and a few crushed garlic cloves into the cavity - makes it all taste nice.

[daveenty]

What speedchick said.

Temp: About 180 for a fan assisted (may also reduce cooking time slightly)

Water: Not required. It won't want a drink, it's dead.

[Rude Girl]

daveenty said:

What speedchick said.

Temp: About 180 for a fan assisted (may also reduce cooking time slightly)

Water: Not required. It won't want a drink, it's dead.

I'd go with this advice. 200degC for a normal oven, 180 for fan assisted.

I wouldn't put water in, but when cooking any poultry, would shove onions, garlic (no need to peel), lemons, herbs etc in the cavity. Oh, and a good big chunk of butter. I mean a BIG chunk of butter by the way.

Enjoy