Cooking your Christmas turkey in a slow cooker guarantees juicy, tender results and frees up oven space for your trimmings. For this recipe you will need a large (5–7 litre) slow cooker.

Remove the neck and giblets, and cut each wing at the first joint and reserve. Rinse the turkey in cold water, then place it into the cool brine in a large stock pot. Brine for 12 hours ...

If you have a large slow cooker that will hold a 4.5kg turkey then follow this recipe but only use 1 cup of water. I cooked a free-range Crozier's Turkey, available from butchers and some ...

Remove the strings and carve the turkey across the grain into 1/4- to 1/2-inch-thick slices. There will be few, if any, pan drippings (because of the preseasoning and slow cooking), but if there ...

Brine: Dissolve the salt in the water, in a stockpot big enough to hold the turkey. Submerge the turkey in the brine for 1 hour. Remove, rinse, dry, and set the turkey on a rack, uncovered ...

Try mixing up your bolognese by using turkey mince instead of beef, it works really well and cooks faster (a good beef bolognese really benefits from slow cooking). This dish cooks the pasta in ...

By Justin Miller Need a helping hand in the kitchen to face the new year and cold temperatures that are paying a visit to Alabama? Slow cookers are go-to gadgets to conquer the winter season, when ...