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July 14, 2014

Sloppy Joe

Filed under: Beef — Tags: , , , , , , , — Chef @ 3:32 pm
Sloppy Joe

Sloppy Joe

Florence
Course Main
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound lean ground beef Turkey, Chicken or Pork can also be used
  • 1/4 cup chopped onion
  • 1/4 cup chopped green bell pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon prepared yellow mustard
  • 3/4 cup ketchup
  • 3 teaspoons brown sugar
  • salt and ground pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • In skillet over medium heat, brown ground beef, onions and peppers.
  • Drain off excess liquid.
  • Stir in remaining ingredients and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes, stirring frequently.

 

July 3, 2014

Creamy Turkey Rice Soup

Filed under: Rice,Soups & Stews,Turkey — Tags: , , , , — Chef @ 11:00 am

Creamy Turkey Rice Soup

Florence
Course Soup
Cuisine American
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 1 small onion diced
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 4 cups chicken broth
  • 2 cups cooked rice
  • 1 cup cooked turkey diced
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cup half and half

Instructions
 

  • In stockpot, put the onion and butter over medium-low heat and stir until onion softens
  • Add flour slowly, stirring until flour turns golden yellow in color.
  • Continue stirring and slowly add in the chicken broth, cooking until broth thickens.
  • Add the remaining ingredients and cook an additional 5 minutes so all ingredients are warm.
  • Server Warm & Enjoy !

 

June 29, 2014

Turkey Empanadas

Filed under: Main Dishes — Tags: , , , — Chef @ 11:00 am

Turkey Empanadas

Florence
Course Main
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 1 lb ground turkey meat
  • 1 medium sweet onion finely diced
  • 1/2 tsp kosher salt
  • 1/4 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp cumin
  • pinch ground cloves
  • 2 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
  • 1/2 cup raisins
  • refrigerated pie crust sheets - for 2 pie crusts

Instructions
 

  • In a large cast iron skillet, brown the turkey. Add the onions when the turkey is almost cooked, and continue cooking until the onions are translucent. Then add the next 7 ingredients (everything except the pie crusts) and turn heat down to low; simmer gently for 10 minutes. Remove and set aside.
  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees and lightly spray a baking sheet with cooking oil.
  • Unroll the pie crust sheets and cut both into even quarters and place on baking sheet. Spoon the mixture into the middle and fold over, matching edges of the crust. Seal the edges by pressing the tines of a fork along.
  • Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.
  • Remove and cool slightly.

 

April 20, 2014

Sweet And Sour Meatballs

Sweet And Sour Meatballs

Florence
Course Entree

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound turkey mince
  • 2 ounces breadcrumbs
  • 1 onion -- peeled and chopped
  • 1 teaspoon Chinese five spice
  • salt and pepper
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 1 onion -- peeled and sliced
  • 2 carrots -- cut into thin stick
  • 1 green pepper -- deseeded and
  • 1/2 pint chicken stock
  • 1 tablespoon tomato ketchup
  • 2 tablespoons demerara sugar
  • 2 tablespoons malt vinegar
  • 8 ounces pineapple chunks
  • 2 tablespoons cornflour
  • 4 ounces bean sprouts
  • chopped spring onions or -- snipped chives

Instructions
 

  • Combine turkey mince with chopped onion, Chinese Five Spice, breadcrumbs, and seasoning
  • Roll into 16 balls
  • Add Ketchup, vinegar, stock and demerara sugar
  • Bring to a boil and then reduce to a simmer
  • Add turkey balls, cover and simmer for 20 minutes
  • Drain the juice from the pineapple and sit it aside
  • Blend the pineapple juice with the cornflour
  • Remove turkey balls from the sauce and place on your serving dish
  • Stir the cornflour mix into the sauce
  • Stir constantly while bringing to a boil
  • Reduce heat and let simmer until sauce is thick and clear
  • Stir pineapple chunks and brean sprouts into the sauce mix
  • Pour sauce over meatballs
  • Sprinkle chives or spring onions on top of the meatballs and enjoy

April 15, 2014

Marinated Turkey Breast

Marinated Turkey Breast

Florence
Course Meats
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

  • 1 turkey breast 7 lbs
  • 1 cup apple cider vinegar
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 tablespoons salt
  • 2 tablespoons course-ground black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon fine-ground black pepper

Instructions
 

  • Combined all ingredients, except turkey.
  • Place turkey in a roasting bag and place in a roaster pan.
  • Pour mixture over turkey.
  • Seal bag and Bake at 300F for 4-5 hours

March 5, 2014

How To Make Simple and Delicious Turkey

Filed under: Meats,Turkey — Tags: , , , , — Chef @ 6:15 am

 

How To Make Simple and Delicious Turkey

How To Make Simple and Delicious Turkey

Florence
A 12-15 lb turkey will feed approximately 10-12 people. If you like to cook a larger turkey, adjust the ingredients accordingly.
Course Entree
Cuisine American
Servings 10 -12

Ingredients
  

  • 12 lb Turkey will feed something like 10 people
  • A roasting bag
  • 1/2 tsp coarse sea salty
  • 1/2 tsp fresh ground scatter
  • 1/4 cup organic shallots lightly chopped
  • 1/4 cup organic carrots lightly chopped
  • 1/4 cup organic celery lightly chopped
  • 3 greater cloves garlic lightly chopped
  • 2 tsp of honey

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 325°.
  • In a large bowl mix your chopped shallots, carrots, celery, and garlic.
  • Rub the Turkey inside and out cold with salted and infuse.
  • Tuck the wings under the turkey and place the turkey in the oven roasting bag. Place your vegetable mixture around the turkey and add two teaspoons of honey into the mix.
  • Fold the top of the bag around the turkey, place breast up, into your roasting pan.
  • Bake turkey for 3 to 3 1/2 hours hours.
  • Use a meat thermometer to check the temperature by placing it in the thickest part of the strut (but not stirring the bone). The temperature should be 165° to 170°.
  • After it has reached the desired temperture, carefully remove the turkey from the bag.
  • Raise the oven to 450° and bake the turkey for 30 minutes longer.
  • This will make the turkey a golden brown color.
  • If it's not, leave it on for another 10-15 minutes.
  • Carefully remove the Turkey from the oven and cut and serve.

 

December 18, 2009

Three Popular Cooking Methods To Cook Turkey

Filed under: How To Cook — Tags: , , , , , — Chef @ 1:19 pm

Prepare to gain knowledge of supplementary approaching
to how to cook a turkey?

Three Methods in favor of Cooking a damp turkey

1. Roasting

The a large amount traditional method in favor of how to cook a turkey is roasting. The middling recipe calls in favor of an oven hotness of 325 degrees. To groom a turkey in favor of roasting you choose to dip it painstakingly, season it inside and made known with flavors your private enjoys, in that case leave it happening a roasting pan with run happening the floor. The run keeps the drippings from burning (you’ll choose persons in favor of gravy).

Loosely cover the turkey with aluminum foil. In favor of each four pounds of unstuffed turkey you’ll need with reference to single hour cooking while. If you take part in a kitchen thermometer, place it happening the thickest part of the turkey breast. The meat needs to take place 165 degrees to take place safe in favor of consumption. Additionally, experts advocate with the intention of you keep the stuffing outside the bird (mix and leave happening an oven confirmation container, placed happening the oven with reference to 1 hour previous to the turkey is done). This is as well a satisfactory second to remove the aluminum foil so you acquire a careful crispy skin.

At the end of the day, the pitch to a satisfactory heat turkey is resting while. As soon as you influence the turkey made known of the oven consent to it sit indifferent in favor of with reference to 20-30 minutes previous to carving. This keeps the turkey damp.

2. Oven-Bag Roasted turkey

Happening deciding how to cook a turkey, turkey oven bags are a huge alternative to traditional roasting. Supermarkets convey plastic cooking bags safe in favor of oven make use of. The hotness in favor of your oven is straight away 350 degrees F. Suggestion with the intention of your baking pan obligation contain the bird and the cooking bag completely – the bag expands for the duration of cooking and if it touches in the least part of the oven it want melt.

Equally with a heat turkey you must season your bird previous to introduction it happening the bag. Consider addition round about onions, a peeled orange and other tangy aromatics to the cavity of the turkey to undertake it even other spice up from inside made known. Cook according to the information on the cooking bag packaging.

The alternative to the oven bag is a satisfactory quality plastic wrap. You can pre-marinate the turkey, brine it, leave butter and seasonings under the skin and/or season it in that case wrap the bird happening plastic wrap. Check on with aluminum foil completely casing the bird.

Straight away you can cook the turkey single of two ways. Point the oven up to with reference to 375 if you choose a steamed turkey otherwise you can point the hotness down to 250 degrees and long-drawn-out cook the turkey (about 2 hours for every four pounds of totality bird). Happening either casing, you can remove the wrappings on your turkey 30 minutes previous to serving if you choose crispy skin. If using the slow-cook method point up the reheat to 375 in favor of with the intention of keep on amount of cooking while.

3. Oven Braising

Oven braising is akin to using an oven bag otherwise wrap happening with the intention of you’re steaming the turkey. Your oven must take place preheated to with reference to 340 degrees. Place the turkey happening a covered roaster (stuff the bird with vegetables otherwise aromatics equally with method 2). The while vital in favor of cooking is akin to traditional roasting.

Here are certainly many other options equally to how to cook a turkey. These options include deep frying, grilling / rotisserie flair turkey, marinated otherwise brined, and smoked turkey. Every single creates a faintly dissimilar spice up profile and humidity level so a destiny depends on private tastes. Carry out trial right through the time in that case make use of your favorite method happen blessing (or Christmas, otherwise… At whatever time!).

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