Friday, November 27, 2009

We forgot to eat the stuffing

roasted turkey

It took a cleaver and a mallet to cut through the bones of our 13-pound heritage turkey yesterday, but we managed to finish most of the half  that we roasted with white sweet potatoes, yams and dried apricots. With only one drumstick, though, I ended up eating the white meat, which was juicy and flavorful.

I seasoned the bird with salt, cinnamon, allspice, cumin and Aleppo red pepper. I put the apricots in right away and they burned, so next time they'll go in with the boiled potatoes after an hour or so. And the sausage-apple stuffing, which I bought at Abma's Farm, was on a rack below the big enamelware pot with the turkey, and I completely forgot about it until we finished our meal.

We started the meal with lobster bisque from Costco after I found a container of it in the freezer. It was a delicious meal, with a few glasses of new beaujolais wine, and my wife and son didn't have room for the pumpkin pie. I had a few slices of Spanish fig cake, cheese and almonds a few hours later.

See earlier post: "Our half-turkey Thanksgiving"
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2 comments:

  1. Sounds like quite a meal. I happened to catch a deal at Food Basics in Paterson on Friday - 3 - 15 pound Shady Brook Farm turkeys for $2 each. I don't know if it was an error or just a method for the store to empty their freezer cases of the birds. I have one defrosting in the basement fridge and I think I will season it the way you did.

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  2. I've been wanting to go over to Food Basics, and check out the prices. I'll be in Paterson this week and will try to do so. $2 for a turkey? Quite a buy.

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