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TRADITIONAL HOLIDAY TURKEY
Imagine everyone's surprise when you serve your next
holiday turkey—complete with dressing—delicious and
tender straight from the grill!
Serves 8 - 10
Ingredients for Turkey
8 - 10 pound whole turkey
4
ounces butter, softened
2
tablespoons chopped thyme
2
tablespoons lemon juice
2
teaspoons grated lemon rind
Ingredients for Dressing
2
ounces butter
2
onions, finely chopped
8
ounces bacon, chopped
2
tablespoons port wine
1/4
cup red wine
2
chicken stock cubes
4
ounces chopped cashews, hazelnuts or
pecans
1/2
cup chopped celery
1/2
cup chopped carrot
1 - 1 1/2 cups fresh white breadcrumbs
1
egg, lightly beaten
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salt and pepper to taste
Preparing the Dressing
Prepare dressing in a cooking pan directly over medium
heat. Melt butter, add onions and bacon then saute 3
minutes. Add port, red wine and stock cubes and bring to
a boil. Cook 2 minutes. Wear protective gloves and
remove pan to allow ingredients to cool. Add remaining
ingredients and mix.
Preparing the Turkey
Although not required, you may want to preheat your grill
3 minutes.
Wash inside of turkey and dry with paper towels. Pack
breadcrumb seasoning into the turkey cavity. Combine
the butter, thyme, lemon juice and rind together in a bowl.
Using turkey baster, insert butter mixture under skin
covering the turkey breast.
Truss the turkey with string and place it on a baking pan
or roasting rack that rests into a cooking pan. Remove
the cooking grids from your grill if necessary, then place
the cooking pan and turkey in the center of your grill. Turn
one outside burner to low, the other to medium, and
close lid. Cook indirectly for 3 1/2 to 4 hours or until
cooked. Halfway through cooking time you may alter-
nate burner temperatures so that the turkey browns
evenly. Once cooked, remove dressing from cooked
turkey, slice and serve.
PIZZA ON THE GRILL
You may never want to call out for pizza again! Follow
this pizza dough recipe, or purchase ready-made pizza
dough found in your grocers refrigerated section—next to
the biscuits. Slice and serve directly from the grill.
Serves 6 - 8
Ingredients
1 1/2 teaspoons dried yeast
1
cup lukewarm water
1/2
teaspoon sugar
3
tablespoons olive oil
3
cups all purpose flour
1/4
cup tomato paste or Italian tomato sauce
6
ounces sliced pepperoni
1
red pepper, roasted and sliced
3/4
cup pitted black olives
8
ounces grated mozzarella cheese
It's easy to customize this recipe with toppings to suit
your family's taste. For spicier crust, lightly rub the
dough with olive oil then spice with pepper and garlic salt
before spreading your tomato sauce.
Preparing the Pizza Dough
Combine yeast, water and sugar together and let stand
in a warm place until mixture starts to foam. Add this
yeast mixture to flour and oil and combine to form your
pizza dough. Knead on a lightly floured surface until
smooth and elastic. Cover and stand in a warm place
until doubled in size. Knock back dough and roll out to
a rectangle the size of your cooking pan or baking dish.
Place dough into a lightly oiled pan.
If you purchased a ready-made pizza dough, simply
open can and roll dough into a lightly oiled cooking pan.
Preparing the Pizza
Spread tomato paste or Italian tomato sauce on top of
your pizza dough. Top with pepperoni, red peppers,
olives, and lastly, mozzarella cheese. Or if you prefer,
you may place cheese first with toppings on last.
Place a cooking pan in center of grill and cook indirectly,
with one outside burner on high and the other on low, for
approximately 20 minutes or until bottom of crust is light
brown. Lastly, raise the lid and finish cooking pizza by
turning burner under the cooking pan on high for about 2
minutes. This will insure the center of pizza gets brown.
Then turn off heat, slice and serve directly from pan.
