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Ballotine turkey
GlennM
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I have been wanting to try this for a while. This is boned out per the Pepin technique and stuffed with a wild rice/bread traditional stuffing. It was fresh and weighed about 17 lbs before surgery. The bones were roasted for flavour and we have a delicious stock for gravy and soup. I air dried the bird for 24 hrs in the fridge. Unfortunately my wife won't let me put it on the egg this time, that would just be too many variables, but this is an experiment. I have done chickens this way but never a turkey. Not sure if I want to go low and slow (275 for a while) or kick up the heat. Not really sure what the cooking time will be?
In the bush just East of Cambridge,Ontario
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I did two for Canadian Thanksgiving and went with 325. They were awesome but cooked very quickly.
Steve
Caledon, ON
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How long did they take and did you use bread stuffing?In the bush just East of Cambridge,Ontario
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I did one dark meat and one all white with no stuffing. Just some eggs a a binder. They were completely deboned. I didn't really time them but at most they took half the time. I guess it takes longer to heat bone than meat. I didn't weigh them after deboning sorry. I would guess it would be 8 or 9 minutes a pound of original weight. They were really good and sliced beautifully.
Steve
Caledon, ON
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Happy New Year!That's a beautiful bird! Great stitching! For Christmas I debated between ballotine turkey and chefstep's, ended up with chepstep's partly because I wasn't sure about what stuffing to use for ballotine, would love to get some ideas for bulk stuffing recipes from anyone. For the 17.5lb bird the the breast was done at 250F in the oven till IT 145-150 (took about three hours), then cranked up to 475 for the finish.Picked up three 17-lb'ish birds after Christmas, all defrosting now. Planned to divide them up for ground turkey, ready-to-sv roulades, breast-only etc., then freeze all for future... love my chamber sealer!canuckland
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Anyone who can debone a turkey gets full marks from me (like that means anything...) but I applaud the acceptance of the challenge and the deliverance of the goods. BTW-I have successfully followed the Pepin wrestling match with a chix but that's the minors. Happy New Year!Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win. Life is too short for light/lite beer! Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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Props!!! =D>LBGE 2013 & MM 2014Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FANFlying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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How do you remove all of the sliver bones from the drumsticks on a turkey?Little Steven said:I did one dark meat and one all white with no stuffing. Just some eggs a a binder. They were completely deboned. I didn't really time them but at most they took half the time. I guess it takes longer to heat bone than meat. I didn't weigh them after deboning sorry. I would guess it would be 8 or 9 minutes a pound of original weight. They were really good and sliced beautifully.
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I've only tried this on a duck, and while it wasn't bad, I was less than enamored with the potato, apple, and cheese stuffiing recipe I used.lousubcap said:Anyone who can debone a turkey gets full marks from me (like that means anything...) but I applaud the acceptance of the challenge and the deliverance of the goods. BTW-I have successfully followed the Pepin wrestling match with a chix but that's the minors. Happy New Year!
Anyone ever try deboning a Cornish Game hen? I'm wondering if it is harder or easier than a chicken due to it's size.
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Apology to Glenn for thread jacking.Zmokin said:How do you remove all of the sliver bones from the drumsticks on a turkey?@Smokin - this video shows how.I followed this recipe for our Christmas turkey, very happy with the results. For the first time, we had leftover breast but the leg roulades, includidng drumsticks, were gobbled completely! (btw the breast was great and juicy too)
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Ours is stuffed with bread, onions (diced), white rice, wild rice, celery, red/green/yellow peppers, garlic powder, celery salt, s/p, poultry seasoning and melted butter. It was a lot harder than a chicken due to the sizeIn the bush just East of Cambridge,Ontario
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The ones that were in the turkey I just left. The ones from the other one I did on the cutting board.Zmokin said:
How do you remove all of the sliver bones from the drumsticks on a turkey?Little Steven said:I did one dark meat and one all white with no stuffing. Just some eggs a a binder. They were completely deboned. I didn't really time them but at most they took half the time. I guess it takes longer to heat bone than meat. I didn't weigh them after deboning sorry. I would guess it would be 8 or 9 minutes a pound of original weight. They were really good and sliced beautifully.
Steve
Caledon, ON
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Very impressive bird trussing skills
Can't wait to see what it looks like sliced up. #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February 2013 • #3 Mini May 2013A happy BGE family in Houston, TX. -
All right, you guys have pushed me over the edge! I got a new set of knives for Christmas, finally found some twine in this Podunk town and I'm gonna debone a bird. I'll start with yard bird, but by god I'm doing it. These look fun and tasty!
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Well, this will be the only way I will cool
A turkey from now
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Hmm, you've given me food for thought. I was thinking of spatchcocking next year's Thanksgiving Day bird, but now I'm wondering if I should Ballotine it instead. That way I can still fill the bird with my traditional stuffing instead of baking the stuffing in a separate dish.GlennM said:Well, this will be the only way I will cook A turkey from now on !!
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Very nicely carved and plated @Canugghead. @GlennM that looks great, tell me more about how you deboned it...LBGE & SBGE. Central Texas.
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Your wife won't let you put it on the egg? Who wears the pants in the family ? Same as mine man. Nice cook. And you know what MY wife keeps in her purse :-@
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Nice! I have a turkey in the freezer from Thanksgiving sales. This may be it's destiny.They/Them
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I did it exactly like the Pepin video. It is a little harder to do but same techniqueIn the bush just East of Cambridge,Ontario
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@Zsmokin: I always do game hens. They are plenty big for two people.*******Owner of a large and a beloved mini in Philadelphia
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That my friend is awesome ! Something I hope to aspire to.Barrie,Ont.,Canada.
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Excellent work, I did one for Thanksgiving and it turned out great. I stuffed it with a wild boar and turkey sausage. You'll have to do it on the egg though next time
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Cool, I'm thinking of doing 2 hens for a family of 3. I've done some recipe googling and have decided to stuff mine with a rice pilaf of sorts.jlsm said:@Zsmokin: I always do game hens. They are plenty big for two people.
I haven't decided if I'll Egg 'em or Oven Roast. That decision will be made the day I actually make them, but the hens are now on the grocery list.
Large BGE in a Sole' Gourmet Table
Using the Black Cast Iron grill, Plate Setter,
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Medium BGE in custom modified off-road nest.
Black Cast Iron grill, Plate Setter, and a Party-Q temp controller.
Location: somewhere West of the Mason-Dixon Line
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