Premium Free Range Turkey
Barra Bronzes
Scotland's 7x Great Taste award-winning free-range turkey direct from our farm to your table.
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SINCE 1928
Farming has been in our blood for hundreds of years.
At Barra Bronzes, we approach turkey farming as an artisanal craft. Our skilled farmers use traditional methods and a deep understanding of our turkeys' needs to create a product that stands out for its exceptional taste and quality. From the slow growth process and natural diet to the hand-plucking and game-hanging, every step is carefully considered and executed with the utmost care and attention to detail. The result is a turkey that is truly a work of art, crafted to be the centrepiece of your Christmas feast.
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Slow grown turkey, over a 26-27 week period to ensure optimum quality in terms of flavour and texture. This is almost three times as long as a standard turkey!
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Bronze Christmas Turkey
Treat yourself to a whole Barra Bronze turkey this Christmas. The most beautiful tasting turkey around. Delicious golden crispy skin, meat that is seeping with juices which makes that delightfully rich gravy. Delivered fresh to your door on 23rd December (Scotland) or 21st December (rest of UK). Farmgate Collection available 23rd December: 7.30am–5.30pm or 24th December: 7.30am–1.30pm
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Bronze Turkey Crown
The impressive Barra Bronzes Christmas Turkey Crown comes with the legs removed. Delicious, succulent and full of flavour. These come with giblets too. Delivered fresh to your door on 23rd December (Scotland) or 21st December (rest of UK). Farmgate Collection available 23rd December: 7.30am–5.30pm or 24th December: 7.30am–1.30pm
To ensure the highest quality, we have very limited stock. To guarantee your turkey, you must pre-order and pre-pay on our website.
They all love Barra Bronzes Turkey
What the top chefs have to say about Barra Bronzes;
"Our Barra Bronze bird was the BEST turkey I have eaten since I was a child!"
- Lady Claire MacDonald
Award winning cook and food writer
"This Christmas we are sourcing top notch Barra Bronze Turkeys from Inverurie"
- Nick Nairn
Celebrity chef and youngest Scottish chef to win a Michelin star in the early 1990s
"Slow grown, dry plucked and game hung...so easy to cook and completely delicious"
- Lucas Hollweg
2012 Cookery Journalist of The Year, Author of Good Things To Eat, The Times, Sunday Times and Independent Food Critic and Journalist.
Frequently asked questions
One of the things that surprise people about Barra Bronzes turkey is how quick and easy they are to cook whilst achieving amazing results. Everything you need for the perfect Barra Bronzes turkey can be found at https://www.barrabronzes.co.uk/how-to-cook-free-range-turkey-by-barra-bronzes/
Yes, all our turkeys contain a pack of giblets which can be used for making stock for the gravy.
Your turkey comes in a pre-cooled box which will keep your turkey cool until Christmas Day. It is best kept in a cool place such as a garage or elsewhere without a heat source.
Alternatively, you can refrigerate the turkey at 0-3 degrees Celcius.
You should remove the turkey and allow it to rest at room temperature for 1 hour prior to cooking.
If eating the turkey after Christmas Day, we recommend you freeze it.
10kg and below will fit within a regular size oven however this assumes that the oven has regular usable cooking space within.
Your turkey will be delivered fresh to your door on 23rd December (Scotland) or 21st December (rest of UK) in a cooled box via next-day delivery by FedEx.
Prior to delivery, FedEx will send your tracking number to the contact number and/or email address provided when you placed your order. Tracking is available on their website here.
For all further delivery queries, please refer to the FedEx customer services page.
Once your turkey is delivered, it is best to refrigerate it at around 0-3 degrees Celsius and then consume it on Christmas Day. If you want to eat it after that date, it is better to freeze it.
Leave the turkey at room temperature for 1 hour before cooking.
Yes, we deliver throughout the mainland, highlands and islands within the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland).
The cost to deliver a fresh bronze turkey weighing several kilos carries a significant cost to us. We offer a flat rate of £14.50 per turkey throughout the UK. If you are local to the northeast of Scotland, you can collect from our Farmgate on the 23rd or 24th December at no extra cost.
Yes, farmgate collection is on 23rd and 24th December. Times can be found throughout this website and on each product page when selecting your order. Here are directions to our farm.