Cooking unstuffed turkey
Asked on 29 Oct 2018 by NickGi
I'm cooking a traditional Roast Turkey Christmas Day dinner for my family for the first time. On Delia's site the recipe (first shown in a previous Delia Christmas cookbook) assumes we will be stuffing the turkey with stuffing. I won't be doing that as I'm cooking it separately. Does that alter either the cooking times, temperature or Turkey recipe at all? I don't want to mess up Christmas Day dinner!..
Look forward to your reply. And thank you.
Regards Nick
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Hello Nick,
Delia always stuffs her turkey but for an unstuffed 14lb bird I would allow about 3 hours.
Using conventional heat….
220°C for 30 minutes
170°C for 2 hours
200°C for 30 minutes
Obviously you still need to test to make sure the bird is cooked. I would test when the foil is removed and if the juices run clear you can give it less browning time.
Kind regards
Lindsey
Hi Lindsey,
Thank you for your quick reply. Can I be a nuisance and ask a couple more questions please on this?
My turkey will be between 4kg-4.5kg and I'll be cooking in a fan oven. How does that change the timings you quoted above? `(still an unstuffed turkey).
Thank you in advance.
Best wishes.
Nick
This is not a tested recipe but I would say…
200°C (fan) for 20 minutes
150°C (fan) for 1 ¾ hours
180°C (fan) for 15 - 20 minutes
Obviously you still need to test to make sure the bird is cooked.
Kind regards
Lindsey