Turkey Stuffed with Chestnuts

Ingredients

• Stuff the turkey with chestnut dressing
• thin-sliced pork fat
• an onion
• a carrot
• a little thyme
• bay leaf
• fresh piece of butter

Method

1. 1

   Stuff the turkey with chestnut dressing.

2. 2

   Put some thin-sliced pork fat over the breast and tie together.

3. 3

   Place in pan with onion, carrot, thyme, bay leaf, and butter.

4. 4

   Salt, put in oven, and baste all the time.

5. 5

   When turkey is done, remove from pan, let gravy set for a few minutes, take off the fat, add stock or water, reduce one-half, add meat extract, and strain.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Hotel St. Francis cook book (1919) by Hirtzler, Victor., page 265. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Turkey stuffed with chestnuts. Stuff the turkey with chestnut dressing. Put some thin-sliced pork fat over the breast and tie together. Place in pan with an onion, carrot, a little thyme, bay leaf and fresh piece of butter

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