Dishes from turkey in the oven are mostly festive. Traditionally, turkey is baked in the United States on Thanksgiving; it serves as a symbol of well-being and prosperity. There are a lot of options for cooking turkey, each country has its own methods and various ingredients are used.
In Brazil, turkey is cooked with carrots. To do this, use a small young bird weighing no more than three kg. The gutted carcass is thoroughly washed and wiped with a towel. Rubbed with salt from the inside and filled with filling, after which the abdomen is sutured with threads before baking. The filling is prepared from carrots, onions, turkey liver and chopped herbs. To prepare this option, turkey dishes in the oven need to be peeled and grated 4 medium carrots, peeled and chopped 2 small onions and a couple of garlic cloves. Fry a few slices of smoked brisket in a pan and drain the melted fat. Add the chopped turkey liver, onions and carrots to the brisket and fry everything for 5 minutes. Turn the minced meat through a meat grinder, add greens, garlic, bread crumbs to it, salt and pepper. Fill the carcass with filling, sew in the abdomen, put on a baking sheet and place in the oven heated to 200 degrees for 2 hours. In the process of cooking, pour turkey juice formed. After cooking, remove the threads, pour the finished dish with lemon juice and serve.
In England, turkey dishes in the oven are traditionally prepared for Christmas. The gutted carcass must be washed and dried with a towel, pepper and salt thoroughly inside and out. Cook the filling. To do this, you need to melt 100 g of smoked bacon, then fry in it the liver of a bird, cut into small pieces and one onion until golden brown. Dice 100 g of white bread and dry in the microwave or oven. Peel two sour apples from the peel and core, cut into cubes and sprinkle with lemon juice. Then mix fried liver with onions and prepared crackers. Add half a glass of chopped almonds, half a glass of pitted raisins, chopped apples, grated zest and juice of one lemon, two raw eggs, a third of a glass of milk, half a teaspoon of caraway seeds and dried sage. Mix everything carefully, fill the carcass, sew the abdomen with thread, sprinkle with lemon juice and grease with three tablespoons of melted butter. Wrap the bird in foil and bake for 2 hours at a temperature of 180-200 degrees. Then unfold the foil (top) and stand the turkey in the oven for another 40-50 minutes to get a golden crust. Then remove the turkey, remove the threads and serve.
Dishes from turkey in the oven for every day.
In order to cook holiday dishes from turkey in the oven, you need quite a lot of time. For those who want to feast on this bird, not only on holidays, there are several options for quick cooking this diet meat.
Turkey cutlets in the oven cook pretty quickly. This cooking method is suitable for those who refrain from fried foods and those who do not want to eat extra calories, because the meat when frying in a pan absorbs a certain amount of oil.
To prepare turkey cutlets, you will need 500 g of poultry thigh fillet (this is the most juicy part of the turkey and is best for cutlets), two medium onions, a pair of garlic cloves, 2 eggs and 2 pieces of bread. Turn the poultry meat through a meat grinder, add the bread previously soaked in milk, finely chopped onions and garlic, season with salt and pepper and knead the minced meat well. After that, form the patties with your hands. So that the stuffing does not stick to your hands, moisten them with water. Place the patties in a pan or baking sheet pre-oiled with vegetable oil. Bake the meatballs in the oven at 180 degrees for 20 minutes. To make the turkey meatballs in the oven juicier, you can add a couple of tablespoons of meat broth to the pan.
Oven chops from turkey, unlike other types of meat, do not need to be pre-fried in a pan. To prepare them, cut the turkey fillet into portions, drain them and beat. Rub with salt, black pepper, paprika and turmeric, or sprinkle with a ready-made mixture of spices for poultry. Lubricate the surface of each piece with sour cream of 10% fat, place on a baking sheet pre-greased with vegetable oil and bake at a temperature of 180 degrees for 25-30 minutes. Enjoy your meal!