Story Title: The perfect Christmas turkey
Episode 10: WA's Great Gardens
Date: 12 December 2010
Presenter: Theo Kalogeracos

Cooking the perfect Christmas turkey can be like visiting a foreign country specially if you are not sure what you are doing. However with a little help from you local butcher, you can serve the healthiest and most beautiful turkey in Western Australia.

Theo's Tips and Facts

• Buy local free-range meat from your butcher, these meats are free of hormones and antibiotic growth promonants.
• Most turkey experiences can be dry and stringy, so if you are going to invest in a buying a turkey this festive season make sure you don't over cook it. For the tenderest Christmas turkey cook for 40 minutes per kilo, cover it with foil and let it rest for 25 minutes before serving.
• Don't be afraid to buy a big turkey, aim for at least five to seven kilos and make sure to ask your butcher for a plump and full rounded turkey.
• Turkey tastes great second time around and you can make other great creative recipe ideas like my ‘Little Birdie' pizza using on the best free-range tasting turkey.

Turkey Tips and Facts

• Mount Barker Free Range Turkeys are raised right here in WA and available all year round.
• Turkey is versatile meat, which can be barbecued or even used in curries and pastas. Turkey is a member of the pheasant family and was once was a rare treat. Today you can purchase Mount Barker Free Range Turkey all year round from butchers and supermarkets.
• Try the turkey thigh meat in place of lamb. You will be surprised how similar they taste. 
• Mount Barker Free Range Turkeys are grown to the highest welfare and food standards, which ensures you get the highest quality turkey in WA.

• When choosing meat, always check the label for a guarantee on where the animal is grown and that it has been genuinely grown to the highest standards.
• Visit your local butcher and ask for Mount Barker Free Range Turkey.

Contact

Mt Barker Free Range Chicken
Milne AgriGroup - Meat Division
1 Darkan Ave, North Coogee, WA, 6153
Locked Bag 19, Welshpool DC, WA, 6986
P: 08 9351 0762
F: 08 9356 5460
E: sales@mtbarkerchicken.com.au
www.mtbarkerchicken.com.au