The turkey
Since we don’t celebrate Thanksgiving or having turkey for Christmas dinner we decided to have it on the last day of 2008. The bird was about 5.5Kg and we roasted it in the oven on 160 degrees Celsius. It has a built-in thermometer so we thought it would roast for about 3 hours, but it popped much earlier. So it got a little hectic at the end in the kitchen, but it turned out just find.
The stuffing
The stuffing was made of bacon, mushroom, parsley, bread and a little sour cream. We do like to try out different kind of stuffing; this one was quite nice except of the bread that got a little mushy.
The sauce
We used the heart, liver, neck and gizzard and cut it up in pieces. Then we cooked it in water for about an hour and used the juice for the sauce. The bird was roasted on a grid with water under it, so we got a little juice for the sauce her to.
The result
We were happy with the result of the roasting, even though the bird was finish before the time we had estimated. I had planned for setting up the temperature on the oven the last half hour to get more golden color on the bird, but had to leave that out.
The wine
My choice for wine this evening was a 2004 Vosne-Romanée from Arnoux. The wine review you can read all about it in Winesworld, but I can say that we were very pleased with the wine.
2009
We do hope 2009 will give us and all our readers many happy times and may good moments with a lot of great food and wine.
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clairity
January 1st, 2009 at 14:29
That turkey looks so yummy it’s making me drool. Can I have some? LOL I missed having turkey both times at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Happy New Year.
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Morten Pedersen
January 1st, 2009 at 14:59
Clairity: There will always be a next time for turkey. I’m planning on buying a new one soon if I can get it on sale.
laane
January 1st, 2009 at 22:23
Happy new year!!!
I’m one of your entrecarddroppers and I’m sending you my best wishes.
May many dreams come true.
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DCRose
January 2nd, 2009 at 03:43
Once again you have prepared a meal for a king. I did have turkey for Christmas and I must say it was the best tasting bird I have had in a long time. I made turkey stew for First Night Dinner.
Happy New Year once more!
Fondly, DCRose
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Bendz
January 4th, 2009 at 12:38
Hi,
Wish you this new year gives you health and wealth.
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iceah
January 5th, 2009 at 04:15
nothing but yummyness :9
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rechie
January 5th, 2009 at 08:15
wow, looks yummy. i never tried turkey in my whole life yet. if ill get a chance to try maybe ill do. by the way, i just would like to extend my gratitude and thankful heart to you for being my # 1 entrecard dropper. hope ull keep visiting my blog. and hope we can exlink too.
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darlene
January 5th, 2009 at 09:49
looks and sounds delish!!!
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My Kitchen
January 6th, 2009 at 18:08
Congratulation your on my top EC droppers list month of december.
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tarek alghnam
January 7th, 2009 at 13:51
Hello
Wonderful blog
Happy new year
Nhyaty
I hope my visit
Denise Lopez
May 8th, 2009 at 13:43
Hey awesome blog.
The food looks so good.