No Kidding.
I want to talk about Turkey, roast turkey that is.
I am cooking one right and since thanksgiving is coming soon.
I thought we could talk about recipes.
I've cooked over 100 turkeys so far and all of them have came out great.
I learnt a secret long time ago from a chef at the Chateau Laurier on how to cook moist turkey and have improved it over the years.
The would soak the turkey breast down in about 2 inches of beer. and baste it before cooking for about an hour. I tried and the turkey came out moist and brown and juicy. I later started pouring beer inside the cavity also.
But now I found the best way is use a flavor injector, I inject a bottle of beer or ale into the turkey breast and legs . This is the best way as it gets the beer into the meat.
For the stuffing and gravy.
When I take the giblets and neck bones out of the turkey I put it a small part of water with a bit of salt and pepper and boil it for 20 minutes. Mean while I just chopped some onion, celery and mushrooms up. Get a large mixing bowl
and pour about a cup of the turkey broth from the pot, add 3 tablespoons of butter into the broth to melt it. add a tablespoon of onion soup mix,
remove the giblets from the pot and chop it up. Put all the vegetables in the bowl into the broth, mix it up. Now add a box of stovetop turkey stuffing into the mixture and stir it around. Add more broth until the mixture is moist. Now let it sit for 5 minutes to absorb the liquid. Now add more water the pot containing the neck bones, I also add a tablespoon of onion soup mix to the broth, now chop up about 5 mushrooms into tiny pieces and add this the broth, this will be used for the gravy later. Keep checking and make sure that there is enough water at all times. Now stuff the turkey with the dressing, roast it at 325 until it is roasted. When the turkey is done, add the pan dressings to the broth, I also add a tablespoon of oyster sauce to the gravy mixture for extra flavour. Skim the fat off, and then heat the gravy up and add some cornstarch slurry to the gravy to thicken it. Sorry I don't have the measurements, i eyeball it and taste. you may add salt and pepper to the gravy to your taste.
Please post any of your Turkey recipes or hints, for stuffing and gravy
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