Category Archives: Turkey
Turkey Chicharrones
First, you take the skin off and make sure you scrape off any fat that’s on the skin otherwise you’ll end up with chewy chicharrones and nobody likes chewy chicharrones. Then I brine the skin, rinse off the brine, then pat it dry, dehydrate it at 135F for 2-3 hours. You want to make sure it’s not completely stiff or you will end up with sheet rock chicharrones, and nobody likes sheet rock chicharrones. At this point if you’re not […]
Categories: Turkey • Tags: Blog, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food, recipe, Turkey, Turkey Chicharrones
Gobble Day 2010
Well, it was more like gobble days. I prepped for this year’s gobble day for 4 days….in between work, snow, school, and all that crazyness I got the job done. I’m not a big fan of the yearly buffet style eating frenzy that has become Thanksgiving so I decided to course it out for my parents, Mindy, and my friend Sean. One reason I don’t like the normal buffet style Thanksgiving thing is that most of the food ends up […]
Categories: Duck, Pork, Turkey, Vegetable • Tags: Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food, recipe, Thanksgiving, Turkey
Veal Stock Soba Noodle Soup
It’s nasty outside….have some soup! Sauté some onions, zucchini, then add veal stock and cooked soba noodles. Add those pickled sweet chili pepper flakes (this is the key!), small amount of rice vinegar, soy sauce reduction (so many secrets), and fresh ginger. Let it work a bit then add some of that roasted turkey, egg, green onions, and leek strips. Confuse the hell out of everyone when they want to know what it’s called. Welcome to my world Soooooooooooooooooooo […]
Categories: Soup, Starches, Turkey • Tags: Blog, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food, Noodles, recipe, Soba, Soup
Roasted Lavender Honey Glazed Turkey Breast with Fingerling Medallions and Leek
I got a book (click) a while ago and had some honey that I infused with lavender to so I decided to put it to work. Take a turkey breast that you have brined then get it ready to roast. Season with salt, pepper and the usual suspects then roast it until it’s done. Save the pan juices then deglaze with white wine and reduce until it’s almost nothing. Work in the lavender honey to make a glaze. The fingerling […]
Categories: Potatoes, Sauce, Turkey, Vegetable • Tags: Brine, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Fingerling Potato, Food, honey, Lavender, recipe, Turkey
Turkey Thigh Ragout over Pappardelle
This was my final recipe for my turkey deconstruction. I will post all the recipes in one post so you can see what I did with each component. I had originally intended to do this for Thanksgiving but plans changed…..meaning, Mindy likes traditional Thanksgiving dinners instead…haha. Ingredients: 2 Turkey Thighs….brined with Smoked Salt and Agave Nectar…..then rinsed and rubbed with pepper Glace de Foie………I’ll perfect it first then give you the recipe Clarified butter Red Wine Holy trinity (onions, celery, […]
Categories: Sauce, Turkey • Tags: Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food Blog, Pasta, Ragout, recipe, Turkey, Turkey Thigh
Seared Turkey Tenderloin with a Beau Monde Ala Minute Sauce
Challenge Dairy sent me a little gift pack and a challenge to create a holiday appetizer. I didn’t grow up eating a lot of the traditional holiday fare…..I’m Puerto Rican so we do things a little different. I thought a little bit about what a good appetizer would be and I had some turkey tenderloin that I had sitting around after the 24, 24, 24 adventure so I decided to make a rub with the spices they sent me that […]
Categories: Random Rants, Turkey • Tags: Ala Minute Sauce, Appetizer, Butter, Chipotle, Cooking Blog, Food Blog, recipe, Rub, Tenderloin, Turkey
