stuffed boneless turkey thighs. .lots of pics

mad max beyond eggdome

did a couple of stuffed boneless turkey thighs tonight for christmas dinner (along with a nice risotto). . .been thinking about this one for a while now and finally got around to doing it ... [p]first, made one of my favorite stuffing mixtures, sauted pancetta, mushrooms shallots with a little white wine and parsley .[p][p]here are two nice big fresh turkey thighs. . .
[p]here's the back side
[p]and de-boned and butterflied out a little(this was really pretty easy)
[p]here they are, one already rolled and tied and the other showing the stuffing mix in it. .[p][p]now into my copper pan with some melted butter, salt and pepper
[p]into a 450 degree egg, grid on inverted plate setter[p][p]after the first 15 minutes, drizzled some of the melted butter and pan juices over them, every 15 minutes till done. . .they took around an hour to hit 190 internal. ..skin crisped up pretty nicely with the high heat and butter (just like my french chickens). . [p][p]finished[p][p]pulled the thighs from the pan, let them rest on a board under cover while i put the copper pan on the stove to make the pan gravy. ..to the butter/drippings in the pan, added about 1/3 cup of white wine on high heat, deglazed the pan, then added about 2/3 cup of chicken broth and the rest of the pancetta/mushroom mixture (about half went into the rolls and the other half into the pan gravy . ..[p][p]here are the rolls, sting removed and ready to slice . ..[p][p]here they are, sliced and put back in the pan with the pan gravy poured over them, ready to serve. ..[p][p]sydney and sam ready to eat .."cmon dad, put the damn camera down!!" . .btw. .sydney set a beautiful table as usual on a holiday ..[p][p]and all plated up with the risotto and the pan gravy on the turkey rolls and the risotto (this really tasted great) .. .[p][p]this really tasted great, were very moist and we'll definitely be doing it again. ...[p]MERRY CHRISTAS TO ALL!!!

Drivr

mad max beyond eggdome,
you show me pictures like this and htere is nowhere I can run out for fresh turkey tonight. On the brighter side my brother gave me a gift certificate to my favorite butcher shop for christmas so now I have and excuse for some really nice steaks.[p]Heres wishing you and yours a great and safe Christmas.[p]Jason

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mad max beyond eggdome,
wow max! that looks fantastic. you'll have to have that hosted on tnw's site.[p]i feel guilty... all i did was watch the guru all day.[p]Rick's Tropical Delight
*it's hard to be a bengals fan*

gman

This is a very well thought out & genius recipe. ...just one question--where did you manage to find turkey thighs? My grocery typically only sells the breast & drumstick separate. Ok, I lie, 2nd question--did you have a trick to deboning them?[p]Well done Max!

mad max beyond eggdome

G-man,
got the thighs at my safeway. .. this time of year they have packaged thighs/necks/wings/drumsticks. . .they came two to a package, just right for my gang of 4 .. .bought an extra couple of packages for the freezer. ..[p]as far as deboning .. .pretty easy ..in that one picture of them on their backs, you can see the end of the bone at the top of the picture. ...simply start their with a sharp knife and make a cut straight down from that exposed point all the way down the thigh (top of pic to bottom of pic). . .just start work the knife from top to bottom then around the bone, freeing it up and cutting through any tissue/tendon that connects the meat to the bone. . .after you get the bone out of the thigh, remove any remaining tough tendon. . ..since you are going to roll it back up, it doesn't have to be too pretty. ..

Clay Q

mad max beyond eggdome,
Wow, you're like a cooking show on tv! Looks delicious and this recipe is nice to see and read about first thing this Christmas morning.
Happy Holidays,
Clay