Holiday Turkey Guide - Atco Blue Flame Kitchen
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2Holiday
Turkey
You can buy different types of turkeys to cook. Read the label on the turkey carefully.
Fresh Turkey
Frozen Stuffed
Frozen Turkey without Stuffing
Turkey
Look for a best-before date on the
Take the turkey out of the freezer
package. You must cook the turkey
and thaw in the refrigerator.
You can also buy a
before this date.
frozen turkey that
Leave the turkey in its original wrapping.
has stuffing inside.
What if there is no date on the
Put it in a large pan. Put it in the coldest
package? You can keep the turkey
part of the refrigerator.
You do not thaw
in the refrigerator for 1 - 2 days
this turkey - cook it
It will take about 10 hours per kilogram
before you cook it.
from frozen! Follow
(about 5 hours per pound) to thaw. For
the directions on
It takes longer to cook a fresh
example, it could take 2 days for a small
the label.
turkey. Add 5 minutes per kilogram
turkey and 4 days for a large turkey.
(3 minutes per pound) to the times
You must cook a thawed turkey
in the cooking chart.
within 24 hours.
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Prepare the turkey
Cook turkey at 425°F for
the first 30 minutes
Preheat the oven to 425°F.
Then turn the oven down to 325°F.
Take the plastic off the turkey.
Continue roasting for:
Take out the neck and bag of giblets. Don’t leave
4.5 kg (10 lb) 2 1/4 – 2 1/2 hours
them inside the turkey.
7 kg
(15 lb) 2 1/2 – 3 hours
You can cook the neck alongside the turkey or you
can use the neck, heart and gizzard to make stock
9 kg
(20 lb) 3 1/2 – 4 hours
or gravy.
12 kg (26 lb) 4 – 4 1/2 hours
Put the turkey on a rack in a large roasting pan. Put
the breast side up. Tie legs together. Rub the skin
Take off the foil for the last hour. Baste the turkey
with oil or butter.
every 15 minutes by spooning
the liquid in the bottom of
Cover the turkey loosely with foil.
the pan over top the
turkey.
180+
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PLACE
How to make
THERMOMETER
sure the turkey
HERE
is done
Try to twist the drumstick.
It should move easily. Stick
a fork into the inside of the
thigh. It should feel soft and
the juices should be clear, not
pink. If not, put turkey back in
the oven to cook longer.
If using a meat thermometer,
stick the probe end into the
4
middle of the thigh muscle
When the turkey
between the body and the thigh
is done
, take it out
bone. The temperature should
of the oven. Wait 15
be 180°F or higher.
minutes before
you carve it.
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Clean up
• Put the dishes in a sink of
• Use a clean dishcloth to
• Wash the dishcloths and
chlorine bleach and water.
wipe the counters and taps
dishtowels right away.
carefully
Use 15 mL (1 tbsp) bleach
with the bleach mixture.
Wash them in hot water
after you put
for each litre (4 cups) of
with laundry detergent.
the turkey in the oven.
• Do not mix bleach with
water. You should wear
Use chlorine bleach, if
dishwashing liquid. Some
• Wash your hands with
rubber gloves to protect
possible.
dishwashing liquids have
soap and hot water.
your hands.
ammonia in them. It is
• Using dishwashing liquid
• Air dry dishes on a drying
dangerous to mix ammonia
and hot water, wash the
and bleach.
rack.
dishes, counters and taps.
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