Turkey crown on a green plate

Easy turkey crown

Name: Easy turkey crown
Total time: 2 h
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2-3kg turkey breast crown; 2 small echalion shallots roughly chopped; 100g butter softened; a handful of leaves sage; 1 large onion cut into thick slices; 2 carrots halved lengthways; 2 sticks celery halved; 500ml red wine; 4 tbsp port; 300ml strong chicken stock; 1 tbsp mashed with 1 tbsp of softened butter plain flour; 2 tbsp redcurrant jelly

Janine Ratcliffe

Published: October 26, 2021 at 2:10 PM

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Serves 6

Easy

Total time: 2 hrs

+ resting

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Make our easy turkey crown for a Christmas centrepiece. This herb butter will keep the white turkey meat extra juicy and it can be on the table in just 2 hours

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Complete the dish

Try this easy turkey crown, then check out our roast turkey, turkey gravy, roast turkey breast and more Christmas turkey recipes. Accompany your turkey crown with our easy homemade cranberry sauce and bread sauce plus all the Christmas trimmings, from pigs in blankets to roast carrots and parsnips and Christmas red cabbage.

Looking for ideas with leftover turkey? Try our comforting turkey curry or leftover roast turkey pie and discover more leftover turkey recipes.

A turkey crown is the breast meat of the turkey, left on the bone. The legs and wings have been removed so it cooks much more quickly and is a great choice if your family are all white-meat lovers.

Ingredients

Nutrition

2-3kg turkey breast crown
2 small echalion shallots

roughly chopped
100g butter

softened
a handful of leaves sage
1 large onion

cut into thick slices
2 carrots

halved lengthways
2 sticks celery

halved
500ml red wine
4 tbsp port
300ml strong chicken stock
1 tbsp mashed with 1 tbsp of softened butter plain flour
2 tbsp redcurrant jelly

Nutrition: per serving

kcal613
fat23.7g
saturates12.2g
carbs9.2g
sugars6.4g
fibre0.7g
protein72g
salt1.2g

Method

step 1

Take the turkey crown out of the fridge an hour before you want to start cooking. Weigh the crown and calculate the cooking time at 20 minutes per kg, plus 1 hour (so a 2kg crown will take 1 hour 40 minutes; a 3kg crown will take 2 hours). Heat the oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5.
step 2

To make the herb butter, whizz the shallots, butter, sage and some seasoning in a small food processor. Starting from the fattest end of each breast, start to wiggle your fingers in between the skin and the flesh until you have a large pocket on either side. Push and spread the butter into the pockets then smooth down the skin.
step 3

Scatter the vegetables on the bottom of a roasting tin and drizzle with a little oil. Season and toss. Sit the crown on top, then roast for your calculated time until the skin is golden and the meat is cooked through (to check, pierce the thickest part of the breast with a skewer – the juices should run clear). Take the crown out of the tin onto a large platter and leave to rest, covered with foil, for at least 30 minutes before carving.
step 4

Tip all the vegetables and juices from the roasting tin into a large pan with the red wine, port and stock. Boil until the liquid reduces by 2/3, skimming off any fat that rises to the surface.
step 5

Strain the liquid into a jug then pour back in the pan. Bring back to a simmer then add the flour and butter mixture a little at a time and whisk into the liquid. Simmer for another 3-4 minutes until thickened a little, then stir in the redcurrant jelly and simmer, stirring for a couple of minutes until the jelly melts. Serve with the turkey.

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