In a recipe shared in her festive newsletter, Lawson claimed that brining the turkey for a few days beforehand not only “tenderise[s] and add[s] subtle spiciness” to a Christmas roast, ...

In Britain, a perfect turkey is often the star of the Christmas table but we can all remember a time when a poorly cooked ...

Cross-contamination is a “major source” of food poisoning. If you brine your turkey, as Goodridge does, keep the process separate. “When we (brine), we move everything off the countertops.

Elliot recommends a ‘wet brine’ for your meat, like the Americans do (Picture: FieldGoods) The secret to cooking the perfect turkey, according to the chefs is to ‘brine’ the meat.

One of my favorite ways to prepare a fresh ham is to cure it in a brine before roasting, which means that if I want the meat to be moist and the cracklings “perfectly blistered and crispy ...