Turkey breast joint advice!!

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Not something I would usually buy but my dad gave it to us! The weight is 2.17 kg and the cooking instructions give timings which I think are way off. 20 mins per kg plus an extra 70 minutes at 180 deg.

Even given that I will smother it in butter, cover with bacon etc, surely that would be bone dry after so much cooking!! I was thinking closer to an hour or maybe a little longer, checking the internal temperature and letting it rest for ages? Anyone cooked a breast joint and can advise please? It's not for Christmas Day and I was planning on serving it cold with baked potatoes and a few different salads with it so can't even rely on gravy to make it edible 😂

Actually just checked the Good Food site and the timings are similar to Morrisons instructions 😳

I would do 40 mins per kg plus 20-30 mins, but that seems to get you to the same amount of time which is around 1h40-50.

I think with a breast joint that size the cooking still takes the same as if it was a whole bird - if you think about it, a whole chicken weighing 1.5kg will take over an hour to roast, so a breast joint that's 50% heavier and solid meat all the way through should take proportionally longer.

It won't be dry if you dry-brine it in the fridge uncovered 24 hours in advance, baste it with melted butter, etc.

Oh thanks for that tip! I've never dry brined a bird before but have just been googling and will definitely give it a go!