Turkey en Chaudfroid Recipe

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Turkey en Chaudfroid
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Ingredients:

  • 6 tbsp butter
  • 8 tbsp flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 envelopes unflavored gelatin dissolved in 1/2 cup cold water
  • for decorations: tarragon leaves; green tops of leek and scallions; sliced truffles; black or stuffed olives; pimiento; green pepper; hardcooked eggs
  • quick or beef aspic

Directions:

  1. Melt the butter and stir in the flour over medium heat in a heavy skillet or saucepan. Gradually add the broth and stir until thickened. Add salt and simmer the sauce for approximately 4 to 5 minutes.
  2. Add the cream-and-egg-yolk mixture and dissolved gelatin to the sauce. Stir until the ingredients are well blended and the gelatin is thoroughly melted. Do not let the sauce boil after adding the egg yolks. Taste for seasoning and add salt if necessary. Allow this chaudfroid sauce to cook until it is ready to set. Cool.
  3. Arrange the chilled turkey on a rack over a large pan. You may skin the turkey or leave the skin on. If you wish to carve the bird and put the pieces back in place before adding the decorations, remove the skin and breast fillets whole, slice very carefully and replace on the bone. You may also slice the thigh meat if you wish, but for this dish it is better to leave the thighs whole.
  4. Spoon the chaudfroid sauce, which should be all but congealed, over the entire surface of the chilled bird, being careful to cover all visible parts.
  5. When it is completely covered with the sauce, decorate according to your own fancy. Leaves of tarragon or leaf shapes cut from leek or scallion green, truffle slices, flowers cut from pimiento and green pepper can be combined in effective designs. The white of hard-cooked eggs, truffles and other decorative ingredients may be cut into fancy shapes with truffle cutters or vegetable cutters. It is best to work out the design ahead of time and lay out the ingredients you will use for decorating.
  6. When the turkey is decorated, chill again and then brush with or carefully spoon over aspic, which should be syrupy and just about to set. Cool until serving time, arrange on a platter and decorate the platter with chopped set aspic and any greens you desire. Tiny tomatoes stuffed with Salad Russe and glazed with aspic, of stuffed eggs filled with a mixture piped through a pastry bag with a rosette tube, make a pretty, edible decoration.
  7. Serve the Turkey en Chaudfroid with a cold ham and tongue and a selection of whole vegetables vinaigrette. A chilled Meursault or Montrachet goes well with this.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 27964.4 Kcal (117081 kJ)
Calories from fat 19090.33 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 2121.15g 3263%
Cholesterol 9253.01mg 3084%
Sodium 12944.78mg 539%
Potassium 17817.78mg 379%
Total Carbs 820.31g 273%
Sugars 565.68g 2263%
Dietary Fiber 8.29g 33%
Protein 1334.24g 2668%
Vitamin C 48.2mg 80%
Vitamin A 0.9mg 28%
Iron 129.5mg 719%
Calcium 4749.3mg 475%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 343.07 Kcal (1436 kJ)
Calories from fat 234.2 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 26.02g 3263%
Cholesterol 113.52mg 3084%
Sodium 158.81mg 539%
Potassium 218.59mg 379%
Total Carbs 10.06g 273%
Sugars 6.94g 2263%
Dietary Fiber 0.1g 33%
Protein 16.37g 2668%
Vitamin C 0.6mg 80%
Iron 1.6mg 719%
Calcium 58.3mg 475%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 735.3
    Points
  • 756
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

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