Free Range Christmas Cockerel

Name: Free Range Christmas Cockerel
Brand: Packington Free Range
SKU: 6735
Price: 59.0 GBP
Availability: InStock

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Size Small (3-4kg) feeds 8-10 people Medium (4-5kg) feeds 10-12 people Large (5-6kg) feeds 12-15 people Extra Large (6+kg) feeds 15-18 people

Our fresh, free range Christmas cockerel makes a fabulous and great tasting centre piece for your Christmas table. Each cockerel is given time to mature slowly and naturally on our family farm in rural Staffordshire. This allows for a beautiful depth of flavour to develop alongside moist, succulent, tender meat. Demand for our fabulous birds grows every year. Order your free range Christmas cockerel today before we sell out.

Award winning, with a fantastic 2-star in the Great Taste and Gold in the Great British Food Awards – these free range cockerels are sure to make your Christmas dinner just perfect.

If you’re looking for recipe inspiration visit our recipe page for some ideas, and how to use up your leftovers. Our friends over at Sophie Allport have also shared our leftover Christmas pie recipe, so be sure to have a look.

Don’t forget to add your Pigs In Blankets (frozen) to complete your festive feast (max 2 packs per cockerel ordered).

We're also delighted to offer your a FREE 5g box of Blackthorn Salt for every cockerel ordered - the perfect seasoning to elevate your bird. To learn more about this exceptional salt, crafted from pure seawater and coastal winds in the worlds only working Blackthorn Tower, visit their website.

Delivery - 20th December 2024
Collection - 23rd December 2024

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Description

At Packington Free Range we firmly believe that what is good for the animals and the land will naturally be good for us and better for our customers.

This is the philosophy of our great grandfather before us and we believe passionately in provenance, sustainable and ethical farming which fuels our drive to create an environmentally sound and welfare orientated farm.

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Complete Provenance
Family Farm
High Welfare
Environmental Sustainability
www.packingtonfreerange.co.uk

Country of Origin – UK

Storage Instructions

Upon receipt of your Packington Free Range Cockerel, please ensure it is kept refrigerated between 0-4℃. We recommend an optimum temperature of 1°C. While your cockerel can be removed from the presentation box if needed, it must be kept in its protective plastic packaging until you are ready to prepare it on the day of cooking. Please be careful of overfilling the fridge or opening it regularly as this will impact the fridge temperature. If you do not have room for your cockerel in the fridge, you can keep in the insulated box it was delivered in. Simply place the item in a cool place in the house or garage, and ensure you replace the ice packs every 24 hours.
Suitable for freezing. Defrost thoroughly. Do not re-freeze once defrosted.

Cooking Instructions

For best results when cooking, your cockerel should not go straight from the fridge to the oven. Please allow a little time for your bird to reach room temperature prior to cooking. Calculate the roasting time for your cockerel based on 12-15 minutes per 450g (1lb). Preheat the oven to 190℃/375F/Gas 5. Remove all packaging, smear a little butter over the bird, season with salt and pepper and cover the breast with streaky bacon. Put the bird in the roasting tin and cover the top of the tin with baking foil. Approximately 40 minutes before the end of cooking, remove the foil, discard the bacon. Drain off any excess fat from the tin. Return to the oven to finish cooking and crisp the skin, basting regularly.

To test whether the cockerel is cooked, push a skewer into the thickest part of the thigh – the juices should run clear. If they are pink, cook for a further 15 minutes before testing again. Continue until the juices run clear. Once cooked, place the cockerel on a warm platter, cover with foil and rest for up to 20 minutes before carving. Please remember that all appliances vary and these are guidelines only.

Description

A Christmas table simply wouldn’t be complete without Pigs in Blankets – but these aren’t any Pigs, free-range and extra matured Packington Pork mixed with seasoning and herbs to produce a lovely meaty sausage and wrapped in cured Packington Free Range Bacon.

Truly delicious and the perfect accompaniment to our free-range cockerel this Christmas.

Pack contains 24 Pigs in Blankets.

To ensure freshness for Christmas Day this product will be supplied frozen.

Ingredients:

Sausages: Pork 80% min, water, rusk, salt, WHEAT flour (with calcium, iron, niacin, thiamine), potassium chloride, spices, flavour enhancer E621, stabilisers (diphosphates E450), preservative (E221) (SULPHITE), dextrose, antioxidant, (E300), spice extracts. ALLERGENS GLUTEM, SUPLHITE.

Bacon: Pork (95%), salt, Sugar, Preservative (E250, E251), antioxidant (E301)

Storage Instructions

Our Pigs in Blankets are supplied frozen. Please do not cook from frozen, allow them to defrost thoroughly in a fridge for 24 hours prior to cooking.

Cooking Instructions

Once thoroughly defrosted, please remove all packaging and place your Pigs in Blankets on a foil lined baking tray. Pre-heat the oven to 180℃/350F/Gas 4. Once the oven has reached temperature, place the Pigs in Blankets in the oven and cook for 30 minutes, checking and turning occasionally until they are golden and crisp. Serve immediately.

What is the delivery cost?

We offer FREE delivery on all Christmas orders.

Delivery date information

If you have selected ‘Delivery’, your order will be delivered between 8am and 6pm on Friday 20th December 2024.

Can you deliver to my address?

We can deliver to the majority of postcodes on a next day delivery service.

We can’t deliver to certain areas like the Scottish Highlands, Ireland and Isle of Man due to longer delivery times, please see postcodes of areas we do not deliver to below:

AB30, AB33-38, AB42-45, AB53-56, BT1-94, DD8-9, G9-10, HS1-9, IM1-99, IV21-28, IV40-63, KA27-28, KW1-17, PA22-80, PH30-50, TR21-25, ZE1-3

Collection information

If you have selected ‘Collection’ for your order, please bring your order reference with you to collect from our farm gate in Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire. You can collect on Monday 23rd December between 9am and noon.

When is the last day to order?

Packington Free Range cockerels are extremely popular at Christmas and we have sold out in the past, so we always recommend you place your order as soon as possible to secure your Christmas bird. Subject to availability, the last day to order will be Sunday 15th December 2023.

Customer Contact & Tracking

A confirmation email will be sent to the email address provided by yourself when you order. You will also receive a dispatch email with tracking information so you can view the delivery schedule on the day of delivery, complete with a drop pin of how far away the driver is.

If you provide a mobile number, you can also receive text messages from our carrier providing you with details on your delivery status.

Can I order for friends & family?

You can order from us and we can deliver directly to the recipient – perfect as a gift, or if you’re spending Christmas at a different address.

Missed Deliveries

If you are not home when the carrier attempts to deliver your order, they will leave it in a safe place. If there’s no safe place available, they will leave a card with details and attempt to re-deliver the next working day.

Changes to your Order

If you need to make any changes to your order, please call 01283 713901 or email feedme@packingtonfreerange.co.uk. However, orders cannot be amended after Friday 13th December.

Great Taste Awards 2024 – 2-Star

This is a fine-looking bird, with beautiful golden skin and tender flesh. The meat has plenty of flavour and texture, and it is tender and succulent, not tough. Judges particularly liked its distinctive character, depth of flavour and juicy, tender flesh.

Great Taste Awards 2024 – 2-Star

Visually striking, this bird has a deep golden colour which is inviting. It would be a fantastic centrepiece because of its size. The meat, both breast and leg, is tender, succulent and melts in the mouth. Overall, the flavour is delicious with a distinctive taste. It would make a good alternative to turkey at Christmas,

Great Taste Awards 2024 – 2-Star

This beautiful, burnished bird has gorgeous meaty aromas and a juicy, creamy flesh. The skin is crisp and flavourful with just a hint of delicious fat. The meat holds together well, with a pleasing chew and good meaty texture. It's a decidedly more complex and satisfying bird than the regular chicken.

I’d definitely give it five stars. It was a wonderful product, sensibly priced and it arrived exactly when you said it would. I cooked it long and slow, overnight in the Aga and it was a-ma-zing. Like chicken only much gamier. I’d like to think I’d buy it every year…and not just at Xmas. I’d probably buy it whenever it was available. In fact, I’d be very happy to become a regular customer.

An Excellent tasting cockerel- thank you. From collecting to cooking and eating it was a very good experience all round. This was the first time we’d purchased cockerel and we won’t be going back to turkey.

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