And you thought we couldn't finish a 24 lb turkey
I know you thought Hubby and I were ridiculous for buying a 24 lb bird with our Thanksgiving guests numbering in the single digits. Or maybe that was just my Dad, who barely concealed his skepticism by calling our purchase "silly."
But the bird, which was quite a deal a $.41/lb, is already gone. Here is how we gobbled up the leftovers.
1. Push leftovers of the busty bird on dinner guests.
2. Lop off remaining wings, drums sticks and thighs.
3. Stuff massive turkey carcass into a pot of water and boil until the bird softens and actually fits in the pot. Turn into turkey stock and freeze. Thaw and make turkey soup when your last mash-and-gravy withdrawal twitches conclude.
4. Meanwhile pick meat off lopped off parts, cut into small pieces. Cook with gravy, broth, carrots, peas, broccoli, celery, frozen pearl onions and dump into pie shell. Cover with crust. Bake in oven. Eat and wonder if anything tastes as good as homemade turkey pot pie. Answer: no.
5. Make a second pot pie and stick it in the freezer. Hope Hubby does not cook it while you are in St. Pete, Florida becoming a top notch blogger.
Getting hungry? Make your own pot pie recipe with this recipe, and keep in mind that you can sub turkey for chicken at any time...
I like the crust recipe from Cook's Illustrated pie section (minus the sugar) or you can buy a frozen pre-made crust.
The pot pie recipe below is one I modified from "The Whole Soy Cookbook." Double it to make two pies.
Ingredients:
1 c turkey broth
1 c turkey gravy
½ t pepper
1 t salt
1 t poultry seasoning
1 T flour (to thicken the broth)
1 c each carrots, broccoli, frozen peas, frozen pearl onions
2 c small pieces of turkey meat
1 egg white
1 T water
Heat oven to 375. Cook broth, gravy and spices in large pot. Bring to a boil. Remove ½ c of the liquid into a cup and stir in the flour until it is smooth with no lumps. Add a few more spoons of the hot liquid into the flour mixture before very slowly recombining the flour mixture into the pot while stirring.
Add the carrots and broccoli. Bring to a boil and then lower heat to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes. Add peas, onions and turkey meat and cook for another 5 minutes.
Pour mixture into pie shell, cover with crust. Lightly pinch the bottom and top crust together to seal it. With a butter knife cut away extra crust around the edges.
Lightly beat 1 egg white with water, then brush onto crust. Put in oven and cook for 30 minutes.
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Converting a soy recipe to use real turkey -- You got me laughing good on that one.
My two favorites:
From NPR -- turkey omelet
From "I can't remember": Turkey burrito