Festive and daily dishes from the turkey in the oven.

Dishes from turkey in the oven are mostly festive. Traditionally, the turkey is baked in the United States for Thanksgiving, it serves as a symbol of well-being and prosperity. There are quite a few options for making turkey, each country has its own methods and uses different ingredients.

In Brazil, a turkey is cooked with carrots. To do this, use a small young bird weighing not more than three pounds. The gutted carcass is thoroughly washed and wiped with a towel. From the inside, rub it with salt and fill it with stuffing, then sew up the abdomen with threads before baking. The filling is prepared from carrots, onions, turkey liver and chopped greens. To prepare this option, dishes from turkey in the oven should be cleaned and grated on a large grater 4 medium carrots, peeled and chopped 2 small onions and a pair of cloves of garlic. Fry in a pan several slices of smoked bacon and drain the melted fat. Add the finely chopped liver of turkey, onions and carrots to the breast and fry everything for 5 minutes. The resulting stuffing, turn through a meat grinder, add greens, garlic, breadcrumbs, salt and pepper to it. Fill the carcass with stuffing, sew up the abdomen, put it on the baking sheet and put it in a 200-degree oven for 2 hours. During cooking, water the turkey with the resulting juice. After cooking, remove the thread, pour the finished dish with lemon juice and serve on the table.

In England, dishes from turkey in the oven are traditionally prepared for Christmas. The gutted carcass should be washed and dried with a towel, carefully inside and outside, pepper and salt. Prepare the filling. To do this, it is necessary to heat 100 g of smoked bacon, then fry in it the liver of a bird, cut into small pieces and one onion until golden brown. 100 g of white bread cut into cubes and podsushit in a microwave or oven. Two sour apples peel and core, cut into cubes and sprinkle with lemon juice. Then mix the fried with onions liver and cooked croutons. Add half a glass of chopped almonds, half a glass of raisins without pits, sliced apples, grated zest and juice of one lemon, two raw eggs, one third of a glass of milk, half a teaspoon of cumin and dried sage. Gently mix everything, fill the carcass, sew up the abdomen with threads, sprinkle with lemon juice and grease with three tablespoons of melted butter. Turn the bird into foil and bake for 2 hours at a temperature of 180-200 degrees. Then unfold the foil (from above) and stand the turkey in the oven for another 40-50 minutes to get a ruddy crust. Then take out the turkey, remove the thread and serve it.

Dishes from turkey in the oven for every day.

In order to prepare festive dishes from a turkey in the oven, it takes a long time. For those who want to feast on this bird not only on holidays, there are several options for the rapid preparation of this dietary meat.

Cutlets from turkey in the oven are cooked pretty quickly. This method of cooking is suitable for those who refrain from fried foods and those who do not want to consume extra calories, because the meat when frying in a frying pan absorbs a certain amount of oil.

To prepare cutlets from turkey, 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 bulbs, a pair of cloves of garlic, 2 eggs and 2 slices of bread. Turn the poultry meat through a meat grinder, add bread, previously soaked in milk, finely chopped onions and garlic, season with salt and pepper and mix well. After that, shape the cutlets with your hands. To prevent minced meat from sticking to your hands, moisten them with water. Place cutlets in a frying pan or baking tray, pre-oiled with vegetable oil. Bake the patties in the oven at 180 degrees for 20 minutes. In order to make the cutlets from the turkey in the oven juicier, you can add a couple of tablespoons of meat broth to the pan.

Chops from the turkey in the oven, unlike cooking from other types of meat, do not need pre-frying in a pan. For their preparation, cut the turkey fillet into portions, dry and beat them. 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 of sour cream with 10% fat, place on a baking sheet pre-oiled with vegetable oil and bake at a temperature of 180 degrees 25-30 minutes. Bon Appetit!