CALLENDER'S FARM
Abergavenny
How to order your Christmas Turkey
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To place your order, please complete the order form below.
Once you have submitted the form, we will respond requesting you to send your deposit of £50 per turkey.
Please note: your payment/ deposit must be received within 3-business days of sending your order form to secure your order. As soon as we have received your deposit, we will send you an email to confirm that your order has been successful.
It's Christmas time! Please collect your turkey from Callender's Farm on either:
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Sunday 22nd December 2024, 9am - 5pm
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Monday 23rd December 2024, 9am - 5pm
On collection, please be ready to pay the remaining balance for your order by cash or bank transfer. Unfortunately we are unable to accept cards or cheques.
The table below shows the weight options available for our turkeys and their availability.
All of our turkeys are costed at £18/kg. Please pre-order the weight range you would like, and then final payment on collection is calculated based on the specific weight of your dressed oven-ready turkey.
If you would also like your turkey's giblets, these are available for an additional £5. Please specify this at the time you order so we can ensure they are included. Giblets can be used to make the most delicious stock and gravy, and they will come packaged separately inside your turkey so please remember to remove them before your turkey goes into the oven!
Weight
4 - 5 kg
5 - 6 kg
6 - 7 kg
7 - 8 kg
Cost range
£72 - £90
£90 - £108
£108 - £126
£126 - £144
Availability
Sold out!
Sold out!
Sold out!
Sold out!
Servings (approx.)
8 - 10
10 - 12
12 - 14
14 - 16
What can you expect from our Bourbon Red Christmas Turkeys
As a heritage breed, Bourbon Red turkeys have a narrower and higher breast bone that commercial turkey breeds, which results in a more even ratio of white-to-dark meat compared to standard commercial turkeys. Due to the slower growth rate and being raised in an active free-ranging environment, our Bourbon Red turkeys also have a healthy natural fat content that helps to make them wonderfully tender and moist.
How would we recommend you cook your turkey
We are often asked by our customers how we would recommend cooking a Bourbon Red for Christmas. We do have a very simple method that has consistently given us the most delicious roast turkey, and in case it helps, we have popped this below:
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Once we have taken our turkey out of the fridge and let it come to room temperature, we simply rub a little oil all over the turkey and season it with salt and pepper before popping it in to the oven. As our turkeys have their natural fat content, we have found that you don't need to cover them with foil to keep them moist.
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Temperature and time wise, we recommend to cook your turkey at ~180⁰C oven/ ~160⁰C fan oven) for 90 minutes for a 3kg turkey, increasing by 15 mins/ kg. If the skin needs to brown a bit more, we tend to then give it a quick blast at a higher temperature towards the end, but see what you think as this isn't always needed. What you'll likely notice is that your turkey takes less time to cook than a commercial breed, which is again due to the healthy fat content helping to carry the heat through the meat.
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To check your turkey is cooked, you're looking for your meat thermometer to have reached 60⁰C (above 60⁰C runs the risk of overcooking it). If you don't have a thermometer, simply insert a metal skewer into the thickest part of the leg/ breast until it reaches the bone and if the juices run clear it's ready!
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You're then ready to take your turkey out of the oven. We cover it with a tea towel and let it rest for 30-45 minutes. This helps the juices to redistribute, and gives us time to gently cook our veggies, roast our tatties, and make the gravy! Yum!