Christmas Turkey cooking timing checklist
Whichever recipe you're using, getting your timings right, whilst staying calm and enjoying time with your guests is an art.
We've been practicing and find that creating a timing checklist and setting 5-10 alarm times, to keep you on track is the key.
Here's how we do ours for a turkey with a 2hr cooking time
Select the time you want to eat e.g. 2pm
Now minus 30 mins+ for turkey resting time out of the oven e.g. 1:30pm
We work out when to put our Turkey in - e.g. 11:30am
Work out when 1/2 the cooking time is e.g. 1hr, so turn it at 12:30
Oven needs to go on 30 mins before
Turkey needs taking out of the fridge 2 hrs before e.g. 09:30am
Then we slot in the other times in between and write our timings chronologically. For example
09:30 take turkey out
11:00 Turn oven on to pre-heat
11:30 Turkey in
12:30 Turn Turkey
check temperature & baste every 15 mins in between
13:00-13:15 put roast potatoes in
13:30 Take turkey out
Make gravy, cook green veg, warm plates
14:00 Carve and serve
We have a basic timing template which we print off & add our times to.
On an iPhone, you can set an alarm for each of these times, so that whilst guest are there, you can stay on track.
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