Preparing A Turkey Crown For Roasting. 20 mins per kg plus 70 mins over 4kg. Remove from the oven baste well then leave to roast for 25 minutes uncovered.
This is how to cook a roast turkey crown to ensure moist tender meat with minimum faff. Always weigh the turkey after you fill it with the stuffing mixture to calculate the perfect cooking time for your roast. A 5 5lb turkey would need between 5 5 x 23.
Remove the turkey crown from the oven and use a pastry brush or spoon to coat the crown with half of the glaze.
Baste the turkey crown with half of the glaze and roast it for 1 hour. Roast turkey until thermometer inserted into thickest part of thigh registers 165 f 2 1 2 to 3 hours. Cover turkey loosely with foil if it browns too quickly and add broth to pan if vegetables. A 5 5lb turkey would need between 5 5 x 23.
