With all the holidays coming, I am sure you will find these 3 Tips on Cooking Turkey very helpful:
1. Making a Perfect Stock
Turkey is a great bird to make stock with. For a perfect stock, use turkey wings and drumsticks, and reserve other parts for the second course.
- Rinse bony turkey parts in cold water
- Place them in a large stainless steel stockpot with filtered water
- Add 2 tbsp vinegar, and let stand for about 30 min. (Vinegar is added so that to draw beneficial minerals from the bones into the stock.)
- Add to the pot coarsely chopped root vegetables, such as onions and carrots.
- Bring to boil, remove scum that rises on top (use a slotted spoon for that)
- Add a pinch of sea salt
- Reduce heat to a minimum, and let simmer for 6 to 24 hours.
Remember that turkey has a stronger flavour than chicken and will profit from the addition of thyme during cooking, preferably, a couple of fresh sprigs tied together, or at least a pinch of dried thyme. The longer you cook the turkey stock, the richer, more flavourful, and more beneficial it will be.
- About 10 min. before finishing, add a bunch of parsley.
- When the stock is ready, remove the turkey pieces with a slotted spoon, let cool, and separate turkey meat from the bones.
- Reserve the meat for making turkey salads, sandwiches, or curries.
- Filter the stock into a large bowl, let cool, and reserve in your fridge until the fat rises on top and congeals.
- Skim off the fat and reserve the stock for making wonderful soups, gravies, or sauces.
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Great tips . Thanks a lot.
When I roast turkey I like to stuff the turkey with combination or bread crumbs,mashed potatoes,onion,garlic and “summer savory”. Really great . Try it
Very nice info. Thanks for the post.
I used turkey leftovers for my soups too and they taste great. I have tried using them for my salads too.
Thanks Lloyd. Ill try that out. What is the bread crumbs for?
i have noticed that people who cook good are very kind and cheerful, unfortunately, i’m not good in cooking at all:(
The point brought up about putting lemons in the middle of the turkey is what we did, along with onions, rosemary, thyme, and a couple of other items. The rosemary had quite a large effect on the taste of not just the turkey, but the onions that were near it. The onions absorbed quite a bit of the rosemary and lemon juice.