Cream Turkey with Celery Dressing

Ingredients

• 4 a head of celery
• a quart of bread crumbs
• 2 tablespoons of butter
• 2 eggs
• pepper
• salt
• One pint of milk
• a slice of onion
• 1 teaspoon of whole pepper
• a blade of mace
• a small piece of stick cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon of corn starch
• 1 cup of whipped cream

Method

1. 1

   Chop celery and mix with bread crumbs, butter, eggs, and seasonings.

2. 2

   Stuff turkey and boil or steam for 3 hours.

3. 3

   For sauce, boil milk with onion and spices, thicken with corn starch, and cool before adding whipped cream.

4. 4

   Spread sauce over turkey and garnish.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 4 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Royal Victoria cook book (1900) by Ont.). Woman's Auxiliary Royal Victoria Hospital (Barrie, page 15. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CREAM TURKEY—WirH CELEeRy DREssinc.—Chop 4 a head of celery very fine, mix with a quart of bread crumbs, 2 tablespoons of butter, 2 eggs, and pepper and salt to taste. Stuff the turkey with this dressing and boil or steam for 3 hours for a turkey weighing 9 pounds, allowing 12 minutes for every additional pound. When cold spread over the turkey a sauce made as follows :—_ Sauce :—One pint of milk brought toa boil with a slice of onion, and 1 teaspoon of whole pepper, a blade of mace, and a small piece of stick cinnamon tied up in a piece of muslin. Mix a tablespoon of corn starch, smooth with a little cold milk, add to the hot milk and stir till it is thick and creamy, season with 4 a saltspoon of salt, remove the onion and spices, and when quite cold, add 1 cup of whipped cream

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