Always remember times for cooking a turkey are from room temperature, if you leave it too long in the fridge it can take longer to cook and the middle may not get done leaving the spectre of food poisoning…be warned!

Taken it out of the refrigerator and leave in a cool room for several hours before cooking. Better stil I keep mine outside or in the garage, wrapped three times and netted over (just incase of cats etc)

Aga turkey Roasting Times

The internal temperature of raw poultry should rise from room temperature to 60°C within 4 hours at the start of cooking. With a cooking slow method this is very important, which is why you heat the turkey ionitially in the raosting oven.

All cooking times are approximate.

“The Traditional Aga Christmas” (Louise Walker)

Fast method (2,3 and 4 oven Aga cookers)

Rub liberally with butter or goose fat, place on streaky bacon etc. Place in the Aga roasting tin, on a grill rack if liked. Hang from the lowest set of runners in the Roasting Oven for one hour until nicely browned, then tent loosely with foil.

The TOTAL fast method roasting times are:

8-12 lbs / 3.6-5.4Kg – 1¾- 2 hours

12-16 lbs / 5.4-7.25Kg – 2- 2½ hours

16-20 lbs / 7.25-9.0Kg – 2½ -3 hours

20-24 lbs / 9-10.8Kg – 3-3½ hours

24–28 lbs / 10.8–12.6Kg – 3½ – 4 hours

Medium Method (3 and 4 oven Aga cookers only)

Rub liberally with fat. Place in the Aga roasting tin, on a grill rack if liked. Hang from the lowest set of runners in the Roasting Oven for up to one hour until nicely browned, then tent loosely with foil. After the first hour in the Roasting Oven, transfer the turkey to the Baking Oven to finish cooking, for the following

ADDITIONAL times:

8-12 lbs / 3.6-5.4Kg – 1½ – 2½ hours

12-16 lbs / 5.4-7.25Kg – 2½ – 3½ hours

16-20 lbs / 7.25-9.0Kg – 3½ – 4½ hours

20-24 lbs / 9-10.8Kg – 4½ – 5½ hours

24–28 lbs / 10.8–12.6Kg – 5½ – 6½ hours

Slow Method (2, 3 and 4 oven Aga cookers)

Rub liberally with butter. Place in the Aga roasting tin without a grill rack. Roast on the floor of the Roasting Oven for up to one hour and as soon as it starts to brown, tent loosely with foil. After the first hour in the Roasting Oven, transfer the turkey to the Simmering Oven to finish cooking, for the following

ADDITIONAL times:

8-12 lbs / 3.6-5.4Kg – 3-5 hours

12-16 lbs / 5.4-7.25Kg – 5 – 7½ hours

16-20 lbs / 7.25-9.0Kg – 7½ – 10 hours

20-24 lbs / 9-10.8Kg – 10 – 12½ hours

24–28 lbs / 10.8–12.6Kg – 12½ – 15 hours

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2. Jonathan Spencer’s Christmas Cake Recipe

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