Turkey meat (or turkey meat) belongs to the category of dietary. It is tasty, healthy, contains very little cholesterol and is much better than chicken in its qualities. A worthy alternative to a turkey, perhaps, is only rabbit meat.
Cooking tips
Dishes from Turkey are prepared in a variety of ways. From it is cooked an excellent broth. The fillet is excellent for cutlets or roasts. But, perhaps, the most delicious it turns out, if, for example, bake the shank of a turkey in the oven. Using various seasonings and spices, you can get tender, soft, juicy meat. When it is pitted, the cooking process will go faster. In cooking, often before baking shanks are fried or marinated. Let's get acquainted with some recipes!
Shins baked with potatoes
How exactly can you bake a turkey shank in the oven? The recipe is as follows: meat - from 1 kg (for 3-4 servings, if you reduce their amount, take half of the product), salt, mixture of herbs "hops-suneli" to taste (someone likes a more saturated, someone is softer). Next, mustard is needed to lubricate the shin - several teaspoons; Ground pepper - pinch; Spices: coriander, paprika, basil - if desired. And, finally, potatoes - 1 kg. Now about the process itself, namely how to bake the turkey's shank in the oven. Wash meat, dry. Do not remove the skin - it will brown and cover with an appetizing crust. Shake salt with salt. Sprinkle with spices, roll in spices. Top with mustard. Peel the potatoes, cut into slices. Stir with salt, seasonings, pepper. Bake a turkey shank in the oven you need with a potato: get both meat and garnish at the same time. Therefore, take a large sheet of foil. Cover them with a baking tray. Lay out pieces of meat, around them place potatoes. Cover the baking sheet with the second half of the sheet or a new one, tuck the edges. Put the dish in the oven, which must be turned on in advance (the temperature is about 200 degrees). Heat treatment lasts about 50 minutes. About 10 minutes before the end of the period, the foil should be opened. Fork, nibble meat and potatoes, checking the degree of softness. To prepare a turkey shank in an oven with a golden brown crisp, you need to increase the heat a little more, and turn the pan to the upper shelf. Before serving, sprinkle the dish with herbs.
Serving recommendations
Whatever the recipe for "Turkey's drumstick in the oven" you did not use, you need to think in advance about what dishes such meat will fit well. Suitable are various adzhiki, sharp vegetables. Not bad is combined with a bird squash caviar, marinated in honey gogoshara. You can also serve pickled or pickled cucumbers, tomatoes, tomato sour-sweet sauce or mushroom. Very much even by the way there will be both fresh vegetables, and a salad from a white cabbage. And, finally, turkey shank baked in foil along with potatoes, will be very tasty with carrots in Korean.
Shin boiled, baked
But we digress. Let's continue the cooking lessons by preparing the turkey in a slightly different way. To translate this recipe "Turkey's drumstick in the oven," meat should be boiled first. Then the baking process will be much reduced. Wash legs, put in a saucepan, pour cold water, bring to a boil. Remove the scale. Put the bay leaves, fragrant and peppercorns, salt the broth and cook until ready (only to make the skin not separate from the meat, and it does not lag behind the stone). Half an hour before turning off, put the rubbed roots (celery, parsley), squeeze a couple of cloves of garlic. The preparation of the calf shank in the oven is finished. For this, take the meat out of the broth, let it drain. Sprinkle with spices or dip into soy sauce. Place on a greased baking sheet. Bake until brownish crust. To such bird's legs it is good to serve gravy from garlic or mushrooms. Suitable and sharp horseradish, mustard. And do not regret greens!
Meat with spicy sauce
For such a recipe, you will need a shank fat enough, better than a young bird. Salt and pepper. Put them on a baking tray, add a little water (spoon 3) and simmer until the meat is soft. The degree of readiness can be checked for the color of the juice. Then put in a deep plate on the lettuce leaves. Pour with a special sauce. The basis for it should serve as a meat broth. Take a large handful of walnuts, a bunch of chopped green cilantro, half a head (or head) of garlic, a little salt. All chop well, then pound in a mortar. Pour in a little wine vinegar and 2 cups of broth. Finely chop the onion head, put it in the sauce and put the mincemeat for 10 minutes. During this time, whisk 2-3 egg yolks. Remove the sauce from the heat, pour off a little to cool. And dilute this amount of yolks. Slowly enter (necessarily stirring) in the basic sauce. Pour it a turkey and serve! Decorate the meat with parsley sticks, dill.
Leg with jam
And finally, here are some unusual recipes for baking:
- Shake turkey shake, sprinkle with ground pepper, cover with sour jam. Prepare from the currant, lingonberries, blackberries. Then, sharpen the mustard with mustard, and for rudeness and softness - with fatty sour cream. Pour a little water on a baking tray or into a mold, put the meat in and bake for about an hour at a temperature of 160 degrees. Just do not forget to water it with juice! When it is transparent, and the thigh is soft, the dish is ready. For a side dish, serve the mashed potatoes and fresh vegetable salad.
- Bones without bones should be placed in a marinade. Make it by mixing a portion of the vinegar (grape or apple), adding peppercorns, coriander, marjoram and a couple of teaspoons of honey. The liquid should cover the meat well. Leave for an hour, then take it out, peep garlic, grease with mayonnaise. Tastier is obtained such a turkey shin, if it bake in foil. Wrap the legs in a sheet, place on a baking tray and put it in a hot oven. When the meat is almost ready, unfold the foil to make it brown. Place on a plate, decorate with sprigs of parsley and basil.
Delicious food and a pleasant appetite!