Turkey Leg

[Heff]

I bought a couple of Turkey legs in the supermarket the other day, mostly because I want to feel like Fred Flintstone whilst having my dinner. The easy option would be to roast them, but I was wondering if anyone else had any good ideas for recipes or sauces?

[V8mate]

Boil for 90 minutes. Remove meat. Feed to dog.

[x 7usc]

V8mate said:

Boil for 90 minutes. Remove meat. Feed to dog.

[bloodorange]

Now that,was fooking funny..

[Mobile Chicane]

It's quite dry meat, and full of ligaments.

I'd give it the slow-cooker curry treatment. Or, cooked long and low wrapped in foil, jerked.

[KungFuPanda]

Bone it, stuff with cheese and sun dried tomatoes, wrap in pancetta, brown it off in a pan and then bake?

[slippery]

V8mate said:

Boil for 90 minutes. Remove meat. Feed to dog.

He's right too!

[AJS-]

Not a turkey fan either, but I did have a nice leg once in the US, barbequed with some sort of glaze (sorry can't be any more specific!). I suspect bringing it would help stop it being too dry.

[Heff]

Well, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone really. I cooked it slowly in a moderate oven, having dry rubbed it with my usual mix for pulled pork.

It came out pretty crap really, amusingly large, but devoid of flavour and annoyingly difficult to eat. It seemed to be full of tendons.

One of the worst £1.75's I've ever spent!

[V8mate]

[Heff]

Yes Yes, I now know you were right.

[Cupramax]

V8mate said:

Boil for 90 minutes. Remove meat. Feed to dog.

This, my misses bought a couple, they were frigging rank yesterday did not go well

[slippery]

We knew it would end like this.
The Americans love them though. I'm really not sure why!

[Scantily]

I tried roasting one a few years back, and as above it was bloody horrible. Full of ligaments so you couldn't just bite it as you'd get a mouth full of very chewy muscle, and it tasted crap.

[Heff]

Scantily said:

I tried roasting one a few years back, and as above it was bloody horrible. Full of ligaments so you couldn't just bite it as you'd get a mouth full of very chewy muscle, and it tasted crap.

Exactly that! I was hoping for basically a huge, amusing chicken leg. They're utterly terrible. Most of it went in the bin.

[Bill]

KungFuPanda said:

Bone it, stuff with cheese and sun dried tomatoes, wrap in pancetta, brown it off in a pan and then bake?

This. Or use a chestnut stuffing a la xmas.

[paul0843]

AJS- said:

Not a turkey fan either, but I did have a nice leg once in the US, barbequed with some sort of glaze (sorry can't be any more specific!). I suspect bringing it would help stop it being too dry.

Just got back from Florida.
They seemed to be very popular in all the them parks..

[escargot]

paul0843 said:

AJS- said:

Not a turkey fan either, but I did have a nice leg once in the US, barbequed with some sort of glaze (sorry can't be any more specific!). I suspect bringing it would help stop it being too dry.

Just got back from Florida.
They seemed to be very popular in all the them parks..

Funnily enough, that's the last place I remember eating one... Probably 15 years ago now. The yanks love them.

[21TonyK]

You need to strip the tendons before cooking, then cook slowly. Confit turkey leg is a popular US recipe.

I've used them before as part of an Xmas dinner for about 90 people. Cooked the crowns as per normal and bollotined the legs with chestnut stuffing. Cooked slow then pan fried and sliced. Tasted okay and made the stuffing a bit more presentable but that's about it.

[jonlk]

I can confirm brining, then roasting with a rub doesn't improve them at all.