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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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Caper Battered King Prawns recipe, eat well on universal credit

 

We’d planned a simple cold salad for yesterday after I finished dragging a heavy bike around York. But temptation got the better of me and I bought a pack of raw King Prawns to go with it. Now normally we’d make a Caper dip to go with battered Prawns, but maybe the heat got to me?

Here was my logic:-

The astringency of Capers works really well with Seafood. King Prawns remain tender when you batter them because the batter stops the moisture from frying out of them. So cut out the middle man and just add the Capers to the batter.

Ingredients:-

250g of raw shelled King Prawns
½ a small jar of drained Capers
50/50 mix of Gram Flour and Cornflour to make the batter base
Salt & fresh ground Black Pepper to season
¼ of a Tsp of Asafoetida
½ a Tsp of Turmeric for colour
Soda Water
½ a Tsp of Baking Powder

Method:-

(1) Heat a fryer to 160c.
(2) Mix the batter with enough Soda Water to make a very sticky batter.
(3) Coat the Prawns individually making sure that the Capers stick.
(4) Fry in small batches until the are golden brown.
(5) Set aside to drain.

Drizzle with Tonkatsu Sauce if you wish?

Strangely morish as these were and certainly not unpleasant, there was something missing. We could taste the Capers in the Batter and the Prawns were succulent. But somehow it didn’t quite pull together as I would have liked. Maybe I’ll swap the Salt for Garlic Salt next time?

 

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