Thanksgiving 2020
Menu:
Turkey (12.28 lbs)
Carrot Soufflette
Brown n’ Serve Rolls
[Frozen] Green Beans
Mac n’ Cheese
Gravy
Dressing
[Instant] Mashed Potatoes
Schedule:
9:05 – 9:50am
Take the Turkey out of the Fridge
9:35 – 9:50am
Preheat the Oven to 450 (check racks)
9:50am – 12:30pm
Turkey in oven 350 for 2 hr 40 min
11:55am – 12:10pm
Preheat bottom oven to 350
12:10 – 12:55pm
Cook Soufflette 350 for 45 minutes
12:30 – 1pm
Let turkey Rest
12:30pm
Start boiling pasta for Macaroni
12:35 – 12:50pm
Bake the stuffing at 350 for 15 minutes)
12:40 – 12:46pm
Microwave Potatoes
12:45 – 12:55pm
Put Brown 'n Serve Rolls in Oven (400 for 8-10 mins)
12:46 – 12:52pm
Microwave Green Beans
12:52 – 12:55pm
Microwave Gravy
Carrot Souffle
Ingredients
1 pound carrots, coarsely chopped
½ cup margarine (I used slightly less butter spread)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 eggs
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
¾ cup white sugar
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 2 quart casserole dish.
Boil carrots OR leave them in larget peices and add to a steaming basket; put the basket and 1C water in an instant pot and cook on hihg for 10 minutes. Once the carrots are done, mash.. Stir in margarine, vanilla extract and eggs; mix well. Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and sugar; stir into carrot mixture and blend until smooth. Transfer to prepared casserole dish.
Bake for 45 minutes.
Prep the Day Before:
Go ahead and cook/mash the carrots and mix it up. You can leave it in the mixing bowl, then transfer to cook the folowing day when your’e ready.
Turkey
Ingredients
1 turkey
½-¾ C Butter Spread
1-½ tsp tsp garlic
⅜ tsp Rosemary
⅜ tsp Thyme (but I would have done double if it were leaves and not ground)
¾ tsp Sage
¾ tsp Oregano
Directions
Turkey cooks for about 13 minutes per pound and needs to rest for about 30 minutes before you eat it, so figure out when it should go on the oven. Once you figure that out take the turkey out of the fridge 30 minutes to an hour before its time to cook. You can go ahead and mix the butter with the herbs ahead of time and store in the fridge until its time to use. Go ahead and place it on the rack of your roasting pan so it can start to dry out.
Preheat the oven to 450. When it’s almost time to cook, dry the skin off with paper towels. Starting on the back side, start rubbing the turkey with the herb butter, Leave some pats under the skin where you can and use about half the butter mixture. Then flip the turkey breast side up and do the same thing on that side. Pour 2 cups of water or broth into the roasting pan.
Place on a rack located in the bottom third of your oven with no racks on top and drop the temperature of the oven to 350. I also added an oven safe thermometer so I could track the progress. Baste with drippings every 45 minutes, I used a brush. When there’s about 30 minutes left, spray it with oil so the skin gets browned.
Once it has reached the desired temperature, remove from oven Remove rack from roasting pan and cover with foil. I sat mine down in an amazon box to absorb what dripped off, but next time I should add layer of cardboard so it doesn't leak through. Cover with foil until it’s time to eat. Meat claws work great to transfer to platter when you’re ready.
Prep the Day Before:
Mix the herbs with your butter spread, and store in the fridge until it’s time to gon on the next day.
Stuffing/Dressing
Ingredients
1 Cup water
1 tsp Garlic
2 tsp dry minced onion
1 tb sage
1/2 C sour cream
1 10.5 oz can cream of chicken or celery
1 6oz box of stove top
Mix the liquids then the spices/stuffing and bake at 350 for 45 minute sor until lightly browned and no longer wet.
Prep the Day Before:
Pre Measured spices in a mixing bowl. Get out the pan and ingredients except sour cream. Premeasure the water and cover the bowl and water with a plate until you're ready to mix up.
Everything Else
(No recipes)
Brown n’ serve rolls
Cook put butter on op and bake according to package directions (400 for 8-10 minutes).
Instant potatoes
Mix up however much you need according to the package instructions the day before, then you can microwave when it’s time (I normally do enough for 9 servings according to the box for 6 minutes)
Green beans
Steam bag, cook according to package, normally 5.5 minutes.
Gravy
Premature water in whatever container you’re going to cook it in (1 Cup). When you’re ready mix in gravy mix and microwave 2-3 minutes.
Macaroni and cheese
Cook pasta according to directions, drain add cheese. How much cheese will depend on how much pasta, I just eyeball it and this year I used fiesta blend because that’s what we had.
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