With so much choice on offer, knowing which is the best turkey crown for Christmas, can be a difficult decision to make.
There is a wide variety of formats and sizes on offer but here we will help you make the decision as to which is the best turkey crown to tuck into.
With our guide, you will find a turkey crown that is easy to cook and essentially offers something for everybody sat around your Christmas table.
For many people, a traditional Christmas turkey is simply too large, particularly when visitors may be restricted, plus not everyone likes dark meat.
Though we do love a juicy turkey breast or a stuffed turkey crown with streaky bacon, roast potatoes, sage and onion stuffing to create a cracking Christmas dinner.
However, finding a tender turkey breast that delivers perfect turkey white meat is not easy.
Your Christmas crown needs to be big enough to feed family members and perhaps a few guests so the perfect crown, whether it is free range or a bronze turkey, should deliver delicious breast meat for everyone.
Also, a crown takes less time to cook, and you will be avoiding (hopefully!) a flavourless or dry turkey on Christmas day.
Most crowns, including stuffed ones, may be pre-basted and have been seasoned well.
You simply put your chosen crown into your oven, and a short time later it’s ready to eat.
Here is the Christmas.co.uk guide to enjoy the best Christmas turkey for Christmas – and you can look at our taste tests of the best frozen turkey crowns to enjoy this year.
Turkey crown winner – Waitrose Glorious Treacle Glazed Turkey Crown
It costs from £60-£75, depending on the weight, but we think this creation will impress at the Christmas dinner table. The retailer says this turkey crown brings a new depth of flavour to a Christmas feast.
It consists of turkey breast on the bone, brined for tenderness, with pork, chestnut and bacon stuffing. It’s then topped with treacle cured bacon and finished with a sticky and delicious treacle glaze.
We thought the overall taste was succulent and juicy – and the delicious sweet and sticky treacle glaze really adds flavour. The nutty stuffing also rated well and this Waitrose turkey offering is a cracking dinner table centrepiece.
This is one tasty turkey crown we would recommend to friends and family!
M&S British Oakham Stuffed Turkey Crown
It will serve between six and 11 people and costs between £45 – £65.
We loved this succulent, bone-in crown turkey which has been stock-basted for extra flavour. There’s also a fragrant pork, sage and onion stuffing which has a good texture after cooking.
M&S has finished its turkey crown with oak-smoked bacon and a sprinkling of salt and pepper.
The retailer also offers an impressive range of other excellent turkey crowns to enjoy this Christmas.
Iceland Perfect Turkey Crown
One of the best priced crowns we came across was this frozen Perfect Turkey Crown from Iceland.
This offering costs £25 and will serve up to 10 people.
It’s not only oven-ready and comes wrapped in paper, it’s really easy to cook and full of flavour. Read the reviews to find out that other people agree with us!
Since Iceland is a frozen food specialist, there’s a lot to recommend their perfect crown as a nice Christmas Day offering.
Iceland also offers another version wrapped in bacon for the same price.
Again, the flavours work because of the oven-ready wrapping and it’s easy to cook and a very tasty creation.
Asda Extra Special Roast in the Bag Turkey Crown
Another easy to cook offering is this roast in the bag turkey crown from Asda.
It costs £34 will serve up to 10 dinner guests.
The streaky bacon covered crown smells delicious and sweet when cooked and comes with thyme stuffing that really does compliment the meat.
If you are the cook on Christmas Day and have lots of guests, then this easy to cook turkey from Asda should be your number one choice.
Aldi Specially Selected Stuffed Turkey Crown
Another value for money offering when it comes to a stuffed turkey crown, is from Aldi.
The £24.99 creation is a stuffed crown with a streaky bacon topping.
The sage and onion stuffing is also impressive and the bird is easy to cook, remains moist and is easy to carve.
The cooked crown smells sweet and smoky and will impress Christmas Day dinner guests.
Waitrose Medium Turkey Breast Crown on the Bone
Finally, while most people will love a tasty turkey for their Christmas dinner, they may not a huge piece of meat to cook.
That’s where this medium turkey breast from Waitrose really does score.
It costs from £23 and will serve up to four people.
Not only is this creation simple to cook, it’s also a very tender crown that is easy to carve.
For those who are having a small celebration for Christmas, then this great and tasty offering from Waitrose will meet your needs.
