Poultry meat is firmly on the menu of many people. It is prepared on weekdays and on holidays. This tradition has been around for centuries. And the bird used is very different: chicken, partridge, pheasant, goose. But most often a turkey is prepared for a festive feast. Its meat is considered dietary and it contains a large amount of protein, which is easily absorbed by the human body. Moreover, this meat is tender and you do not need to be a great connoisseur of culinary art in order to master the preparation of turkey. Recipes allow you to use the turkey as a whole, as well as its individual parts.
In any case, dishes from this bird will be delicious in any form. A turkey baked with bacon will decorate any table. For this dish you need such products: poultry carcass, bacon, chicken and goose fat. You will also need garlic, mustard, lemon, adjika, spices, apple or orange. Goose fat can be replaced with olive oil.
Cooking turkey begins with marinating the carcass. To do this, you need to put it on a cutting board and make deep incisions in this carcass. They need to stuff chopped garlic and frozen chicken fat. Then the turkey carcass should be well coated with goose fat (olive oil) and spices, which everyone chooses to his taste. And inside the carcass you can put slices of apples or an orange (lemon).
Then this carcass should be put in a dish made of heat-resistant material. And not somehow, but back down. And on the turkey breast you need to decompose pieces of chicken fat and bacon. Then the dish with the turkey inside should be wrapped with foil. You can, of course, start cooking turkey right now . Recipes , verified by many culinary experts, recommend that this process be postponed until the next day. During this time, the carcass will have time to soak well in spices. For the best effect, put the turkey in the refrigerator all night. And in the morning it needs to be taken out of the refrigerator and allowed to stand at room temperature for several hours. Further cooking takes place in the oven. It must be preheated to 200 degrees and put the dish there. Then the turkey is baked until cooked at the set temperature. And in the last 15 minutes, this temperature can be slightly increased. Well, fresh or boiled vegetables and white wine will be in harmony with the taste of baked turkey.
This bird has long been popular in different countries, and especially in the United States. With Thanksgiving, Americans begin cooking turkey. At the same time, the recipes used are very different in complexity. The easiest way is to bake the turkey in the oven. To do this, you need to brush it with oil and sprinkle with spices. And it is served with cranberry sauce, turnip and sweet potato. American stores have everything you need for this. It sells semi-finished carcasses and all other ingredients that are needed for its preparation.
And the Europeans also succeeded in this matter. Their turkey has successfully replaced the Christmas goose. In England, cooking turkey is widespread. Recipes of English chefs allow you to stuff it with a variety of products. Every chef there has his own secret of such stuffing. Some use leek rice, others use bacon and chestnuts, still others use oat and sausage filling, and others use bread and ham. Most often, turkey is served with baked vegetables (Brussels sprouts or potatoes). The sauces for this dish are also completely different: port sauce, bread sauce or sauce based on turkey broth.
With the same success, a turkey is cooked not only as a whole, but also its individual parts. Moreover, turkeys are rather large birds. In addition, they are sold in stores and are readily available to every customer. And how to cook turkey drumstick so that it turns out juicy and tasty, this recipe will tell you. According to him, the drumstick can be stuffed, wrapped in foil and baked in the oven. And you can stuff it with a variety of fillings. This recipe uses a filling of cheese, mushrooms and onions.
Before cooking, the drumstick must be washed, then cuts in it to remove the bones. Next, you need to beat it off thoroughly and sprinkle salt and pepper on both sides. At the next stage, mince is prepared. To do this, the mushrooms are fried with onions in vegetable oil. They also need to be slightly salted and allowed to cool after frying. Cheese should be grated and mixed with fried mushrooms.
Then a piece of foil is taken and a broken drumstick is placed on it. And in its center should lay out the filling, connect the edges of the chop, and then wrap it with foil. In this way we do with each drumstick. Then all of them need to be put in a deep pan and put in the oven. These drumsticks are baked until ready. And in the process of cooking, you need to add water to the pan so that the meat does not dry out. Finished drumsticks should be freed from the foil and cut into portions. Everything can be served.