Turkey Galantine

Name: Turkey Galantine
Ingredients: 1 level tablespoon mixed chopped herbs (thyme, marjoram and rosemary); ½ pound fresh breadcrumbs; ½ pound fat bacon; well-coloured aspic jelly; salt and freshly ground black pepper; sprigs of watercress; 1 medium-sized turkey (about 10 pounds); 1 pound fresh pork; slices of orange and lemon; 1½ pounds veal; 4-6 tablespoons dry sherry; 2 tablespoons cognac; ½ pound cooked ham, cut in strips; 4 hard-boiled eggs, quartered; grated rind of 1 lemon; ¼ teaspoon mixed spice; milk; 4 tablespoons sliced pistachio nuts; 6 tablespoons finely chopped parsley; stock

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Robert Carrier Cookbook

By Robert Carrier

Published 1965

About

Ingredients

1 medium-sized turkey (about 10 pounds)
salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 level

Main course

Method

Bone turkey and spread it out on a board, skin side down; make it evenly thick by cutting off slices of breast and placing them over thinner parts of bird. Season generously with salt, freshly ground black pepper and mixed chopped herbs.

Put veal, pork and fat bacon through the finest blade of your mincer twice, and mix with breadcrumbs which you have