Did anyone cook their turkey the Nigella way last year?

[McDreamyingofawhiteXmas]

Soaking it the night before recipe. Was it worth it?

dh says not! [last time i cook a turkey]

Yes, was lovely. No hassle at all. I put mine in a cool box (picnic type one) on the deckin on evening of 23rd - well worth it IMO

Not soaked it (in what, may I ask?) but I usually go for the fast, hot roasting she advocates.

Yes and it was delicious, dp who is a very fussy eater loved it.

Had not thought of using coolbox thanks for the tip.

It adds to the whole getting ready for a special day feeling

Yes it was yum. And the Gavin and Stacey Christmas special gave hours of ho-ho-ho-ing to my family as I was EXACTLY like Gav's Dad about it!

Put in in cool box, loads of water, star anaise, peppercorns, mapule syrup, honey, boquet garnie, orange, onion, cinnimon, and a few other herbs and spices.

It makes a kind of brine.

I kept checking on it every couple of hours in a newborn sleeping in a moses basket kinda way

Its honestly fab, really moist.

Ooooh Sounds lovely!! I wont have time to do that with my turkey though as its only being killed on in the evening of 23rd - collect it 24th at Lunch time 2 hours drive away - will coincide with a visit to some relative too!

My dad did this last year, it was the nicest, moistest turkey ever! Would definitely recommend, even though the idea of a turkey sat in a bucket for two days was a bit odd.

I did it, was the best Turkey ever! I brined it for the full 48 hours, was magic throwing all the spices in!

I followed the recipe in her Feast cook book, cannot recommend highly enough.

we did not sure it made any difference but it was fun to do with the boys!!

oooh might be tempted to try it this year.