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  • 50g butter
    softened
  • 2kg turkey
    crown on the bone
  • 1 tsp Chinese five spice
    or a pinch of ground cloves

For the glaze

Nutrition: Per serving

  • kcal519
  • fat22g
  • saturates10g
  • carbs16g
  • sugars16g
  • fibre1g
  • protein65g
  • salt1.3g

Method

  • step 1

    Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Smear the butter all over the turkey crown and season all over with salt and half the five spice. Put in a roasting tin, skin-side up, and roast for 30 mins. While the crown is roasting, mix all the glaze ingredients in a bowl with the rest of the five spice.

  • step 2

    Remove the crown from the oven and brush the skin generously with half the glaze. Continue to roast for another hour, glazing twice more, until cooked all the way through and the glaze is sticky and caramelised. Leave to rest for at least 20 mins before carving. Save the juices from the tin to make gravy.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2017

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elizabeth_duncan60830

question

Does it matter whether to use foil or not? The method doesn’t include it and I usually always use foil and take off last 30 mins or so

sophieee97

We used this recipe for our Christmas Day Turkey 2021 and we absolutely loved it. The recipe is so easy to follow! We could taste the marinade/ flavours all the way through the Turkey. We also marinaded the Turkey a couple of hours earlier and covered with foil whilst in the oven. Would definitely…

Reeree66

This was really tasty

BarrySpoonBoonCameroon

Barney Desmazery thanks you for your comment, we hope you make it again!

Barry, friend of Barney Desmazery

sausage21

question

I have a 2.5kg turkey crown can I cook it in slow cooker

Simon julien

Are you boiling the chicken?

getcarter8P5mnV2Hv

Really enjoyed this. Locked in the flavour and the glaze/juices made a great addition to gravy! Thanks.

BarrySpoonBoonCameroon

Carter,

Barney Desmazery has really outdone himself here, hasn't he?

Barry, Barney Desmazery recipe enjoyer

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