Texas Turkey Turkey 10-14 lbs 2 cups uncooked rice (I like to use a wild rice mix) 1/2 lb sausage 1/2 cup pecans 1/2 cup onion chopped 2 1/4 cup fresh squeezed orange juice 1/2 stick of butter cornstarch orange liqueur (opt.) apple (opt.)
Cook rice using 1/2 the water called for and all the salt. Fry sausage in frying pan, crumble with spoon Drain grease from pan, add onions and cook until soft Mix sausage, onion, pecans and rice. Rinse turkey remove giblets from cavities, salt and pepper cavity Stuff turkey Place apple in end of cavity (opt.) Bake at 325 deg. F. covering pan Make sauce: juice oranges boil juice in small pan make a roux of cornstarch and water (about 3 tbs cornstarch to 1/3 cup of water) thicken orange juice with roux stirring as mixture boil remove from heat, stir in butter (and 1/4 to 1/2 orange liqueur if desired) 1 hour before turkey is done. Baste every 15 min. until done. The turkey will have a nice orange glaze look. Remove turkey from pan let sit to firm for easier slicing Skim fat from pan drippings and thicken with roux of flour and water, add salt and pepper to taste. Serve with turkey! Serves about 6-8 hungry soldiers if you have lots of side dishes. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
