There's much to think about when it comes to the festive feast, but none more so than the centrepiece. The shop shelves are laden with the birds, so The Field has done the work for you - choose from our selection of the best Christmas turkeys
Pick out the best Christmas turkey and you’ll be making your festive feast one to remember. Choose from The Field’s pick of the best Christmas turkeys. And have it delivered straight to your front door for the 25th.
The turkey may be the centrepiece, but no festive feast is complete without a pud to set alight. Follow our best Christmas pudding and brandy butter recipes to really impress your guests. There’s just one rule: no microwaves. Or if you’re short of time, have a look at our list of the best Christmas cakes to buy.
We’ve also picked out our list of luxury Advent calendars.
THE BEST CHRISTMAS TURKEYS
Whole organic bronze turkey from Daylesford
Daylesford choose to raise Bronze turkeys because of their inquisitive nature and inclination to roam and explore. The turkeys are reared outdoors with clover-rich pastures and woodland to forage upon. This natural diet gives makes the white and brown meat second to none, with a distinctive full flavour and moist texture. Excellent served with all the trimmings if you have a full house on the 25th.
Price: £112.50 – £170.00
Read The Field’s advice on how to carve meat well here.
English Herb Butter Roast Turkey Cushion Farmison & Co
Farmison & Co are on a mission: to encourage the nation to eat better meat. And they certainly have a super selection for Christmas, including the turkey breast with chestnut, apple and cinnamon stuffing. Developed by their in-house chef, this centrepiece will easily serve 8 plus.
Price: £70
Boned and Stuffed Free Range Bronze Turkey, Piper’s Farm
The boned and stuffed turkey from Piper’s Farm is easier to carve, and super for serving a crowd.
Piper’s Farm mean it when they say their turkeys are properly free range. Their Bronze turkeys are a traditional, slow-growing breed, and they spend their summer outside ranging freely while being fed a natural diet of cereals, grass, nettles fodder beet and cider apples. They are allowed to grow slowly to reach natural maturity. They are then dry plucked and hung for two weeks to develop their wonderful texture and depth of flavour. The boned and stuffed turkey is ideal if you are feeding a crowd on the 25th. It has the same drama as a whole oven-ready bird, but is easier to carve and fit in the oven to feed many guests.
Price: prices start at £196 for a 5kg turkey
The Riverford turkeys are slow-grown, organic and free range.
Riverford raise the much-celebrated bronze turkeys, a slow-growing, traditional breed, on three family farms near their base in Devon. Slow-grown, organic and free range, their medium turkey will generously feed 10-12 people, and comes with the giblets for the best, proper gravy.
Price: £125 for 5kg
No.1 Free Range Stuffed Turkey Breast Joint Waitrose
Waitrose have an enormous range of turkey crowns, stuffed turkeys and whole birds. This turkey breast makes cooking and carving easy and will serve 6.
Price: £45 for 1.4kg
Whole free range bronze turkey, Copas Turkeys
Copas Traditional Turkeys are a truly family business, loved by some of Britain’s best butchers, farm shops, delis and food halls as well as a loyal following of home delivery and farm gate customers. They continue to use the same values and artisan methods, believing that the best turkey has a long life and room to roam. They also continue to use age old production processes, including hand plucking and game hanging. Their whole Bronze turkey comes in a box with giblets, herbs, a handy receipt leaflet and pop-up timer.
Price: for a whole free range turkey, prices start at £109.
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This article was originally published in 2016 and has been updated.