KellyBronze – Bred to be wild

We’ve reared turkeys on the farm here for over 30 years and the KellyBronze has become the turkey we compare all turkeys to. The farming methods and breeding lines are what sets it apart so it seemed the natural choice for us to sell as a Christmas turkey.

The KellyBronze breed is a small slow growing breed and therefore takes longer to get to a mature weight. This maturity is the biggest contributor to flavour. As the turkey matures it lays down natural fat and it is this fat that carries the flavour and conducts the heat through the meat whilst cooking. Again the maturity of the bird results in lots of bone marrow, hence the meat remains succulent as well as delicious and produces oodles of it’s own delicious gravy.

Then there is of course the age, combined with the KellyBronze free-range farming, hand plucking – without the use of water – traditional finishing, temperature controlled methods of hanging and finally our unique cooking times that ensure greatness. It is all in the detail and this vital sequence of events that result in the KellyBronze Christmas Turkey.

Not to mention, it runs in the family. Sam is nephew to Paul Kelly, turkey Maverick and has grown up around the KellyBronze all his life. We couldn’t really sell any other Christmas turkeys even if we wanted to ; )