If you cook it whole it will take about four hours of slow cooking. To speed up the process, butterfly the turkey. This involves removing the backbone, so the bird can sit flat and cook faster.

A moist roast turkey with a spicy Christmas stuffing. You need to go to a butcher to get a whole breast joint and you need to ask for it to be butterflied and boned and make sure the skin is left on.

A butterflied turkey cooks quicker than a traditional roasted one and brining it first keeps it succulent (see recipe below). A dish of stuffing can be cooked in the oven to be served alongside ...