Getting your Christmas Day meal timings spot on can be a daunting task, particularly when it comes to perfectly roasting the turkey and allowing ample time for the meat to rest. The cooking ...

Cooking the turkey at a high temperature for a short time at the start caramelises the fats, creating a delicious flavour. It was believed that it sealed the bird and stopped moisture from seeping ...

In Britain, a perfect turkey is often the star of the Christmas table but we can all remember a time when a poorly cooked ...

Turkey isn’t everyone’s favourite thing ... This gives the muscles of the bird (which tighten when cooking) time to relax – don’t worry about it going cold as it will retain its heat ...

Basile says that he also likes to spatchcock his turkey, a cooking technique in which you butterfly the bird by removing both the back and breastbone of the bird, and laying it flat (but elevated) in ...