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Butter Basted Turkey Dinner

Butter Basted Turkey Dinner

It’s very unusual that we actually have a Sunday Roast on Sunday. Somehow this seems to be a midweek gig here. But I happened across this Butter and Herb basted Turkey breast cut in the discount fridge at half price. £2.50 for plenty of meat for two humans, Smooh the cat and some leftovers for a pack-up. Sorted!

For the Vegetables we had a few bits and bobs in the fridge which needed using:-

Bendy Carrots, to boil
1 Parsnip and Potatoes, to roast
Elderly Broccoli, to boil
Tired Mushroom, for Mushroom gravy.

Sage and Rosemary Yorkshire Puddings are a must here with a roast. Mostly because I can forage both locally and we love the added dimension:-

Ingredients:-

100g Cornflour
150ml Milk
3 eggs
Salt & fresh ground Black Pepper
1 sprig of fresh Rosemary, finely chopped
3 short sprigs of Sage, finely chopped

Method:-

(1) Heat your oiled Yorkshire Pudding tray in the oven at 220c until the oil is smoking.
(2) Whisk all the ingredients vigorously.
(3) Pour into the tray and return to the oven very quickly.
(4) Cook at 220c for 10 minutes the reduce the temperature to 180c.
(5) Cook for a further 25 minutes.

Mushroom Gravy:-

Ingredients:-
Ingredients:-
Gluten free Gravy Granules
Turkey Stock from the roast
Mushrooms, roughly cut
½ Tsp of Wholegrain Mustard

Method:-

(1) Mix the Gravy Granules with water and simmer as usual.
(2) Add the Mushrooms.
(3) Add the Wholegrain Mustard.
(4) Add Turkey Stock once the Turkey is cooked and ready to serve.
(5) Stir and serve.

Pretty good really. We’d not normally buy Turkey breast as we both prefer the leg and thigh meat. But yellow sticker you know!
 

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Tonkatsu Pork

We’re learning little snippets on information from our “100 Asian Recipes” gig, which is surely good for the mind? Tonkatsu is actually derived from two Japanese words - Ton “Pig, Pork” + Katsu “Cutlet”. Pretty descriptive really!

Ingredients Tonkatsu Sauce:-

70g of Tomato Ketchup
2 Tbsp of Worcestershire Sauce
2 Tsp of Sugar
2 Tbsp of Soy Sauce
½ Tsp of Dijon Mustard
¼ Tsp of Garlic Powder
1 Tbsp of Rice Wine

Method:-

(1) Mix all the ingredients together!

Ingredients Tonkatsu Pork:-

400g of Pork Fillet, cut into pieces
2 Tbsp of Plain Flour (Gluten free for us)
2 Eggs
½ Tbsp of Oil
70g of Breadcrumbs (Gluten free for us)
Buttermilk
Japanese Seven Spice
Oil to fry
Salt & Pepper to season

Method:-

(1) cover each piece of fillet top and bottom with cling-film and beat with a rolling pin to flatten.
(2) Season the Pork with Salt and Pepper then soak in Buttermilk for at least an hour in the fridge.
(3) Season the Flour with Japanese Seven Spice.
(4) Beat the Eggs and whisk in ½ a tablespoon of Oil.
(5) Remove the Pork from the Buttermilk and coat in the Flour.
(6) Dunk each piece of fillet in the Egg wash and finally coat in Breadcrumbs.
(7) Heat enough Oil in a large frying pan to deep fry the fillets.
(8) Cook on both sides until golden and crispy.

There is a British Pork offer on at the moment at a local supermarket. So this whole Pork Fillet cost us just over £2. A bit of a salad and some shredded White Cabbage are hardly bank breakers and we had everything else in store, as it were. Yesterday it was very hot and humid in the evening and this style of light dish worked really well.

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