Cooking A Turkey Crown With Bacon. Place turkey in a roasting pan and use foil to tent the uncooked turkey. If needed hold the bacon in place by tying 2 or three pieces of butcher s string around the turkey crown.
Stir the flour into the tray mashing up all the veg and scraping up all the sticky bits from the base. If you want a brown and crispy turkey skin remove the bacon in the last 20 or so minutes of cooking. Add a few sage leaves.
Continue to let bacon cook on turkey for an additional 15 minutes then remove.
Tie with kitchen string in several places along the bird to ensure it holds its shape during cooking. Preheat the oven to 220c 200c fan gas 7. Continue to let bacon cook on turkey for an additional 15 minutes then remove. Place turkey in a roasting pan and use foil to tent the uncooked turkey.
