Christmas dinner is the most important meal of the year for most Britons, but it’s often predictable.

It’s simple to achieve,  just cook your turkey as usual, let it rest for an hour .Choose a place without a any draft.

Start with the breast of the turkey, hold the book firmly and open each page so that the gold leaves don’t all slip out, then open each page gently and press the gold from the booklet straight onto the turkey. Use a dry brush to dab it into place if you need to, around legs and crevices. It may take a couple of goes to get right, keep going until you’ve covered the whole surface.

Fly in the face of austerity and give the Midas touch to your turkey this year