Turkey in Champagne Sauce With Toast Flowers
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 2 12 lbs turkey legs
- 4 cups water
- 1 cup onion, thinly sliced
- 1 14 teaspoons salt
- 12 teaspoon pepper
- 13 cup flour
- 1 12 cups half-and-half
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 12 lb sliced fresh mushrooms
- 6 ounces dry champagne
- 13 cup minced parsley
- 18 slices white bread
- in a 12" skillet heat oil over med-high heat cook legs until browned on all sides.
- add water onion salt and pepper.
- bring to a boil then reduce heat to low.
- cover and simmer 1 1/2 hours.
- remove turkey from skillet and let cool.
- remove meat from bone and cut into 1" pieces discard the skin and bones.
- over high heat cook broth that is in the skillet until it reduces to 1 1/2 cups.
- in small bowl blend flour with 1/2 c half and half until smooth and belended throughly, add remaining half and half and stir well.
- add half and half to broth and stir until thickened.
- in another large skillet add butter and heat over med-high heat.
- saute mushrooms until tender.
- gently add the mushrooms and any butter remaining into broth mixture.
- add turkey, champagne and 1/4 c parsley.
- keep warm until ready to serve, use of a chaffing dish would do well if you have a cover for it.
- serve with toast flowers by using a flower shaped cookie cutter to cut out flowers in the bread slices bake on a cookie sheet in 450 oven for3-5 minutes until golden.
oil, turkey legs, water, onion, salt, pepper, flour, butter, mushrooms, champagne, parsley, white bread
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/turkey-in-champagne-sauce-with-toast-flowers-361408 (may not work)