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Turkey Crown
For a smaller gathering, a Turkey Crown is a perfect centerpiece. Our Turkey Crowns come with the wings left on, providing balance in the pan and keeping the crown stable and upright during cooking. This ensures even roasting and a beautifully presented dish.
Sage & Onion Stuffed Free Range Bronze Turkey
Perfect for feeding a large crowd this Christmas
From £124.00
Free Range Turkey Breast Stuffed With Apricots & Hazelnuts
A delicious festive feast with minimum fuss
From £32.00
Free Range Turkey Breast Stuffed with Cranberry & Hazelnut
A delicious festive feast with minimum fuss
From £32.00
Free Range Turkey Breast Stuffed with Sage & Onion
Deliciously succulent, stuffed turkey breast
From £32.00
Properly Free Range Chicken
Over the years we have become famous for our Properly Free Range Chickens. We are passionate about the life our chickens lead, which we know results in the most wonderful, unique flavour - chicken as it should be.
Free Range Apricot & Hazelnut Stuffed Chicken
Our stuffed chicken makes a perfect centerpiece for celebratory meals.
£31.40
Frequently Asked Questions for Christmas Poultry
What is Properly Free Range Chicken?
90% of all chickens reared in the UK for meat are kept indoors - in large scale, automated factory units which can hold hundreds of thousands of birds. Only 8% of birds are reared in a 'free range' system and just 2% are reared as 'organic'. You'll notice we do not use any marketing labels for our birds, there’s free-range, and then there’s Pipers Farm - Properly Free Range. The UK farming standards legally required to label a bird as 'free range' are surprisingly low, with birds only required to have access to the outdoors for half their lives. Some may be kept in barns with natural light, and be given 'enrichment devices' such as perches and pecking objects, but it is not a requirement. In contrast, the starting point for the way we rear our poultry is the life we want to give our birds. Our chickens are free to forage, dust bathe, venture and unfurl their feathers, all of which adds up to a healthy, happy bird with a robust bone structure and tendons, and ultimately contributes to the taste and nutritional value.
What is a Bronze Turkey?
Bronze Turkey is a heritage breed that originated by crossing wild turkeys with European domesticated birds in the 18th Century. With a dark plumage and a beautiful coppery-metallic sheen, their colouring closely resembles their wild ancestors. Bronze Turkeys are a traditional slow-growing breed which thrives living outdoors amongst grassland pasture.
How do you cook a turkey crown?
Remove the turkey from the fridge the night before to reach room temperature and dry the skin for crispiness. Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas mark 4. Place the turkey crown in a roasting dish, add butter, and optionally cover with foil, removing it 15 minutes before the end. Check doneness with a skewer; juices should run clear. Let it rest for 30-40 minutes before carving. Use the drippings for gravy by adding turkey stock and wine.
What makes a turkey properly free range?
Once our turkey chicks have feathered up they are moved outside where they spend the summer ranging freely on grassy hillsides, actively developing strong bones and muscles. When we say 'properly' free-range we mean it! Our turkeys have plenty of space in which to thrive, they are in a healthy outdoor environment where they build up natural immunity and can freely exhibit all their natural instincts including dust-bathing, displaying and calling to their flock.
Are your chickens organic?
When we founded Pipers Farm 30 years ago our purpose was to produce food that is a pleasure to eat because it tastes fantastic and is grown ethically and in harmony with nature. Every farming decision we make is influenced by those simple objectives.We strongly believe in the principles set out by the original pioneers of the organic movement. However right from the outset, we felt the word ‘organic’ would eventually lose its meaning. The term ‘organic’ has come to be understood by most consumers as grown without synthetic chemicals, which to most people’s surprise, does not always mean that farming practices are sustainable. Sustainability is at the core of our mission here at Pipers Farm. So, to put it simply we decided against adopting the organic certification, instead opting to produce food with our own set of standards and total transparency about what we stand for.