A Plain Way to Cook a Turkey by Roasting

Ingredients

• Make a dressing to suit you
• season it with salt, pepper, and a little butter
• season it with salt, pepper, and a little butter
• season it with salt, pepper, and a little butter
• dredge it with flour
• A very large turkey will take three hours to roast

Method

1. 1

   Stuff the turkey and season it.

2. 2

   Dredge with flour and place in a slow oven.

3. 3

   Baste frequently with butter.

4. 4

   When well plumped and nearly done, dredge again with flour and baste until browned.

5. 5

   Serve with gravy and bread sauce.

As published

This recipe was extracted from La cuisine creole (1885) by Lafcadio Hearn, page 31. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

A PLAIN WAY TO OOOK A TXJEKBY BY EOASTING. Make a dressing to suit you; there are several to LA CUISINE CREOLE. 73 choose from in this book, made from bread, or force- méat. Stufif the turkey, season ît wîth sait, pepper, and a lîttle butter, dredge ît wîth flour and put ît in the oven ; let the fire be slow at first, and botter as ît begîns to cook. Baste f requently wîth butter ; when the turkey îs well plumped up, and the steam draws toward the flre, ît îs nearly done ; then dredge agaîn wîth flour, and baste wîth more butter untîl ît îs a nîce brown. Serve wîth gravy and bread sauce ; some lîke chestnuts stewed în the turkey gravy, and served wîth ît. A very large turkey wîU take three hours to roast

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