Sunday, February 6, 2011

Left over Turkey? - Here is a suggestion...

There is so much you can do with leftover chicken and turkey but all depends on how it's cooked to begin with.

Suggestion 1:
Ingredients: Left over turkey, a large can of crushed tomatoes, fresh cilantro and basil, red pesto (see recipe below), sea salt, fresh ground pepper, (cream), sugar, shredded mozzarella cheese, garlic.

If you have a roasted turkey breast cut it in thin slices. Chop some fresh cilantro and basil maybe use some of the home made pesto from the recipes below. Roll them up and put them in a pan.

Pour over a sauce made from: A can of crushed tomatoes, chopped garlic and a little bit of sugar, (maybe a little cream) salt and fresh ground pepper. Sprinkle some mozzarella cheese on top and put it in the oven for 15-20 minutes at 400F until mozzarella starts getting golden. Serve with angle hair pasta.

If your turkey has a lot of little pieces of meat?

Suggestion 2:
Ingredients: Left over turkey, green peas, portabello mushrooms, tomato paste, fresh fettuchine, sea salt, fresh ground pepper, garlic, charlots, cream, olive oil.

Heat up some olive oil in a saute pan. Put in finely chopped garlic, charlots and mushrooms. Add the turkey pieces and let them get a little color. Add the cream, two table spoons of tomato paste and green peas and let it boil until it stats getting creamy while stirring slowly. Boil the fresh fettuchine. When the pasta is almost done, strain the water from it. Put the pasta on the pan and let it cook with the sauce for additional two minutes.

TIP: If you have a little white wine left over, add that to the sauce before you add the turkey and let the onions, mushrooms and garlic cook in it for about 1-2 minutes.

DINNER - by Dad is ready

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