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Ballottine de Dinde

Name: Ballottine de Dinde
Total time: 5 h 7 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 750 g oven-ready turkey; 30 g onions, finely minced; 6 g unsalted butter; 15 ml cognac; 15 ml Madeira or port; 90 g lean minced pork; 90 g lean minced veal; 45 g pork back fat, minced; turkey trimmings and turkey liver, minced; ¾ tsp salt; ¼ tsp dried thyme; 0.13 tsp ground allspice; 0.13 tsp black pepper; 1 eggs; ½ tsp salt; 0.13 tsp black pepper; 0.13 tsp ground allspice; 2 tsp cognac; strips or cubes of turkey breast, cooked ham or tongue, diced truffle, shelled pistachios, cut 3 mm thick

A whole turkey boned from the back, filled with a cognac-scented pork and veal pâté, sewn back into shape and roasted; it carves straight through like a sausage and feeds a crowd hot or cold.

YieldServes 4
Hands-on1 h 35 min
Total5 h 7 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

Turkey

750 goven-ready turkey

Pâté stuffing

30 gonions, finely minced
6 gunsalted butter
15 mlcognac
15 mlMadeira or port
90 glean minced pork
90 glean minced veal
45 gpork back fat, minced
to tasteturkey trimmings and turkey liver, mincedoptional
¾ tspsalt
¼ tspdried thyme
0.13 tspground allspice
0.13 tspblack pepper
1eggs

Assembly

½ tspsalt
0.13 tspblack pepper
0.13 tspground allspice
2 tspcognac
to tastestrips or cubes of turkey breast, cooked ham or tongue, diced truffle, shelled pistachios, cut 3 mm thickoptional

Contains

Dairy
Egg
Tree nuts
Pistachio
Sulfites
Birds' eggs (any)
Grapes
Onion family (any)
Onion
Thyme
Black and white pepper
Allspice
Mushrooms (any)
Truffle
All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
Beef and veal
Pork
Poultry and birds (any)
Turkey
Alcohol

Taste

Sweet
Salty
Umami / savory
Richness / fat
Herbal / fresh
Aromatic spice

Texture

Tender-braised

Equipment

Oven
Stovetop
Probe thermometer

Season

Fall
Winter

Occasion

Weekend project
Entertaining
Holiday

Effort

Over 90 min active
Over 3 hours total
Difficulty 5
Make-ahead friendly
Leftovers-friendly

Nutrition

Calories: moderate
Protein: high
Carbs: low
Fat: moderate
Fiber: low
Sodium: high

Budget

Budget: moderate

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