dizzy pineapplehead stuffed turkey thighs

mad max beyond eggdome

first, sorry no pics. ..did these on the spur of the moment and didn't think to take pics ...also, cause i haven't dug through the three feet of snow to my eggs yet, i did these in the oven, but i would certainly have done them in the egg, indirect over a plate setter just as easily. . . so either way, very, very good. ..

first, took two big fat turkey thighs and removed the bones. ...if you've never done this, its really easy (my safeway always has packages of two turkey thighs on the shelf). .. .simply turn the thighs skin side down so you can see that bone, cut right down the length of the bone, hold the bone in your fingers, cut the tendons, and then simply slice away the bone from the meat. .. only take about 30 seconds to do eaach one. ..then butterfly them open a little so they lay open and flat. . .

i then took two apples, peeled, cored and sliced into small cubes. ..took one package of mushrooms (i found oyster shrooms, but you could use criminis, or whites or shitakes, whatever), sauted them in a sauce pan with butter with a good shake of pineapple head rub until nice and tender and a little brown. ...

took a spoonful of the apple/shroom mixture and laid it on each turkey thigh and rolled them up (i only used about 1/3 of the total apple/shroom mixture at this point, saved the rest). . .put the rolled turkey thighs in a copper pan (you can use cast iron, or a casserole dish, just make sure its something you can use later back on the stove). ..then take about 1/3 stick of butter, melt in the microwave and brush/pour over the breasts. ...then another good shake of the pineapple head rub over the thighs. ...into a 425 degree oven for 1 hour, or until they 170 internal temps. . .about every 15 minutes take a spoon and drizzle the melted butter in the pan back over the thighs to help the skin crisp. ...

when the thighs are done, remove them from the pan and set them aside for a few minutes, put the pan with the remaining butter/dripping on a stove at high heat. ...add in the rest of the apple/shroom mixture. ...pour in about 1/3 cup of white wine. ...let it all reduce a little. .(about 5 minutes). . . slice the thighs into nice medaliions.. ..serve with the apple/shrooms sauce on top. ...i served it with white rice (i think a wild or brown rice would have been really good) with the mixture on top of that as well. ....the pineapple head was really good with the apples and turkey. . .

both sam and the wife really liked it too!!! we'll be doing this one again, next time in the egg when it gets unburied!!

Weekend Warrior

Sounds awesome Max and super simple. Thea will pick up turkey breasts and thighs occassionally which tells me she's ready for a break in the chicken-beef-pork routine. Turkey is the forgotten meat, but everytime we have it we say, "Mmmm, we should do turkey more often."

Mark

Frank from Houma

Sounds mightyfine Max. Thanks for sharing