portuguese roast turkey
(1 rating)
No Image
Old reciepe from mom, everyone who has eaten my turkey have loved it and have said they have never had a turkey with gravey that was so good. The key ingredients are the ground red pepper and ground aniseed, the ground anise you will have to get on line or maybe a health food store or if you know someone in Portugal who can send you some, even if you don't have the ground anise it is very good. There is no real measurements just estiments, The old-timers never measured. I use the same ingredients on my roast chicken and roast beef adds nice flavor yet diffrent meats have their own taste.
►
(1 rating)
Ingredients For portuguese roast turkey
-
Any Sizeturkey
-
salt
-
garlic powder
-
crushed red pepper flakes
-
1/2 to 1 tspground aniseed
-
water
-
coffee cup to blend ingredients
How To Make portuguese roast turkey
-
1Stuff your turkey with favorate stuffing. I use Bells Stuffing (it is made in Bridgewater,MA ) very hard to find in the Southern States. Don't let the simpleness of the spices turn you off, it will supprise your family.
-
2You need a coffee cup for this recipe, take your salt and sprinkle into coffee cup as you make believe your putting salt on the turkey (include the area in pan that is left over space) do the same with the garlic, ground red pepper add 1/2 teaspoon to 1 teaspoon of ground aniseed( if using)? Add water slowly to get dry ingredients into a paste then add more water until cup is about 1/2 full. As your stirring pour over Turkey.
-
3You don't want it to thick on the bird and you want a nice flavor not to salted, after I pour the spice mixture on the bird I take my baby finger touch it to the turkey then taste it, if too salty drizzle a little water on it. Now you can shake more red pepper flakes if you want it more spicy and you can also sprinkle more garlic powder on it now.
-
4You also want about 1/2 to 1 inch of water on bottom of pan, make sure the water in the pan has some seasoning flavor in it too. (the little pinky finger test) Pour any left over into pan this will add to the flavoring of the gravey. You can add potatoes to the pan also. Cook as you do your birds or follow cooking directions on the bird package. Hope you like
- Last Step: Don't forget to share! Make all your friends drool by posting a picture of your finished recipe on your favorite social network. And don't forget to tag Just A Pinch and include #justapinchrecipes so we can see it too!
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT