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Good Old-fashioned Canadian Thanksgiving Dinner Recipe
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Chefelaine / All my dishes 1 year, 1 month ago
A lovely turkey, stuffed with dressing and cranberries, and roasted to perfection, make this a classic that is not only easy on the budget, but impressive in flavor!
Prep:35m Cook:180m Servings:8
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FRESH ingredients!
Veggies prepped...
fresh parsley
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ready to roast!
Stir frying veg
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- 1 10 to 12 pound turkey, cleaned
- For the Dressing:
- 1 cup dried cranberries
- 1/2 cup diced onions
- 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 3 1/2 cups light rye bread, torn into bite-sized pieces
- 2 tbsp butter
- salt and pepper to preference
- To prep the Bird:
- 1 tsp dried Basil
- McCormack's NO SALT ADDED Citrus pepper
- Veggies:
- Freshly picked baby carrots , washed and thinly sliced
- 1/2 each green, red, yellow, and orange sweet pepper, coarsely sliced
- about 1 1/2 cups freshly picked celery
- 1 lb fresh Asparagus
- Potatoes
- For the Gravy:
- stalks and roots from the fresh vegetables
- tops and stem of the peppers
- liver, kidneys, heart and neck of turkey
- 3 tbsp salt-reduced Kikkoman Soy sauce
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- rice flour (to thicken)
- 5 cups cold water
Directions
- Make the dressing with its listed ingredients.
- Do NOT soften the stuffing mixture with boiling water, but place the DRY ingredients into the lower cavity of the bird. And remaining may be stuffed into the neck cavity.
- Add the butter into the cavity, and close by folding the legs up and securing
- Cover wing tips with a piece of tinfoil to prevent them from charring
- Place in moderate oven, covered with tinfoil at 350*F.
- Baste often with the vegetable broth made from the roots and veggie tops; method to follow for making...
- To make the Veggie broth:
- Place cleaned tops and roots of vegetables into a pot of clean cold water, about 3 cups
- add 2 tbsp soy sauce and the Worcestershire sauce.
- Bring SLOWLY to the boil, then reduce to simmer for 30 minutes
- As the bird roasts, baste it with the liquid, which will heartily intensify the flavor of the turkey.
- To make the gravy:
- Place the bird's heart, liver, kidneys and neck into 2 cups cold water.
- Slowly heat until just under boiling, and keep simmering for bout one hour.
- Note: ALL these preparation steps take place while the turkey is roasting; therefore I did not add this to the cooking time!
- When this broth is cooked, break up the liver, kidneys, and remove the heart and neck; discard these. KEEP THE BROTH!
- Puree the liver and kidneys, and add to the broth.
- When the turkey is cooked, remove it from the oven, and tent with foil about 15 minutes
- Bring the roasting pan to the stove top
- add this gravy mixture to the pan drippings, and cook further, well finishing the liver and kidneys. Now that they are pureed, finishing will take little time.
- Stir well, or beat with a mixer, and slowly add enough rice flour to thicken.
- The vegetables are stir fried, with the exception of the potatoes, which are boiled and mashed well, with an addition of buttermilk, butter, salt, pepper, and parsley to your preference.
- Other veggies commonly used in typical Canadian Thanksgiving dinners include corn niblets, pureed or mashed turnip, homemade rolls, etc...
- I am presently making Croissants to go with tonight's feast, and the dessert is my deep-dish cherry-cranberry pie with whipped cream, sweetened with Stevia. This pie was made by request instead of the traditional pumpkin pie! :+D
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grandmacooks 1 year, 1 month ago said:
All you Canadian ladies are starving me to death with your Thanksgiving dinner recipes, and I've got to wait 6 weeks for Thanksgiving! Seriously, it sounds like there's going to be great eats at your house! Has to be a 5!
lanacountry 1 year, 1 month ago said:
Thanks for the lovely add to FFF!! Yummy Laine!
minitindel 1 year, 1 month ago said:
Wow elaine fantastic im hungry for it right now yummmmm
tink ...........**5**
rosiek 1 year, 1 month ago said:
Looks awesome. My bird is already cooking. I'm gonna try this next year. We Canadians know how to cook and eat don't we eh?
markeverett 1 year, 1 month ago said:
My, oh My! What a feast! Delicious sounding way to cook a turkey! We always add a little horseradish to our mashed potatoes - not until it's "spicy" but just enough to give a little flavor that our guests have always loved and "wondered what is that nice flavor?" Elaine, have a wonderful feast with your family!
Happy Thanksgiving! I will be creating my own meal for our American holiday this year in Japan!
Mark
momo_55grandma 1 year, 1 month ago said:
Fantastic Bird recipe thanks Chef high5
mystic_river1 1 year, 1 month ago said:
Wonderful chef! Happy Thanksgiving! And looks like it will be with that meal.
((((elaine))))
lycett 1 year, 1 month ago said:
YOU ARE SUCH A CHEF...............I KEEP TRYING. KEEP ROCKIN.......
clbacon 1 year, 1 month ago said:
Wow!
marky90 1 year, 1 month ago said:
Happy Thanksgiving Chef Elaine!
hollymayb 1 year, 1 month ago said:
Happy Thanksgiving! My family is celebrating tomorrow. Your turkey is gorgeous!
22566 1 year, 1 month ago said:
Do you adopt?
I don't eat much,just a wing and a leg!!
Great recipe,have a wonderful day.
Kind Regards
gapeach55 1 year, 1 month ago said:
Great recipe! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving. God Bless.
dagnabbit 1 year, 1 month ago said:
Fantastic, Elaine! 5
Pete and Candy
m11andrade 1 year, 1 month ago said:
This sounds perfect...and so much easier than what I do every year!!
elgab89 1 year, 1 month ago said:
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THIS IS A BLUE RIBBON RECIPE
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THIS RECIPE HAS WON THE October: Turkey Sauces And Gravy CONTEST
****** CONGRATULATIONS TO CHEF ELAINE ******
elgab89 1 year, 1 month ago said:
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THIS IS A BLUE RIBBON RECIPE
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THIS RECIPE HAS WON THE October Main Dish - Turkey Contest:
BEST PRESENTATION
****** CONGRATULATIONS TO CHEFELAINE ******
paulasue1 1 year ago said:
Hi elaine, wow this sounds like a treat for the taste buds. it's a 5 dinner for me. no question why this won. you go girl! happy cooking
paula