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Cooking a turkey is pretty straightforward, but you do need to plan ahead, given that it can take several hours to roast, and needs time (days if you need to defrost) beforehand to lose the chill from the refrigerator. If you don’t have a meat thermometer, please get one! Using one will make your life a lot easier, otherwise there’s just too much guesswork.

Take care handling raw turkey, treat it as if you were working with a raw chicken. To avoid contaminating other foods, use a separate cutting board and utensils when handling the raw turkey. Wash your hands with soap after touching raw turkey before you touch anything else in the kitchen. Use paper towels to clean up.

As you peel, core, and slice the apples, put the apple slices in a bowl and sprinkle with a little lemon juice or apple cider vinegar to prevent them from discoloring.

The crust recipe given includes ground almonds which give the crust a lovely flavor that works well with the apples and cranberries. You can also use our favorite sour cream pie crust that is easy to put together and makes an especially flaky crust.