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Dear Reader,
Welcome to Yummy Lummy.
Introduction
I hope you’ve had a good week. After returning from Brisbane, I’ve enjoyed the week at work. As everyone tries to wrap up the calendar year, our diaries are full of meetings.
Recipe — turkey drumstick
I found some turkey legs to try.
Turkey isn’t my favourite meat. I thought I’d give a leg a try rather than breast meat. I assumed dark meat would be tender and juicy.
Originally, I was going to use a water bath, but all the recipes run for between 24 and 36 hours. I know my precision cooker can manage this, but I’d prefer not to use it for longer than a few hours.
I decided to use my pressure cooker, and I chose a cooking time of 25 minutes.
Equipment
- Pressure cooker
Ingredients
- Turkey leg (also known as a drumstick)
- Beef stock
Instructions
- Place the turkey leg and beef stock into the pressure cooker.
- Seal the lid and turn it on.
- Set a timer for 25 minutes.
- At the end of the 25 minutes, turn off the heat and allow the pressure to equalise naturally.
- Remove the lid and take the leg out of the cooking vessel.
- Strain the cooking liquor and keep in the refrigerator as a mixed species stock.
- Preheat the oven to a high temperature.
- Pat the surface of the turkey leg with absorbent paper to remove as much moisture as possible.
- Put the meat into the oven for a couple of minutes to brown the skin.
- You could use a small gas torch to melt butter over the turkey if you have one.
- Put the leg onto a dinner plate.
- If you’re following a meat-only diet, just the meat will be more than sufficient to satisfy your hunger. You can pick up the leg and just bite into it. This minimises washing.
- If you’re low-carbohydrate eating, meat and some plant-based foods like avocado, leafy green leaves, olives, and tomatoes are a good combination.
- If you’re not concerned with carbohydrates, fill your boots.
- If you’re vegetarian or vegan, this turkey leg won’t be suitable.
- Always give thanks to the Lord.
- Eat with whatever implements you prefer. Eating with your fingers is okay, in my opinion.
Thoughts on the meal
The leg was tender, and it wasn’t tough or stringy. It was filling.
I have another leg in the freezer. I may cook it in the new year.
Final thoughts
- Do you like turkey? What is it about turkey meat that you enjoy?
- I will try to post my Christmas meal on Monday afternoon.
Disclaimer and comments
This post and other posts on this blog are not medical or health advice. I’m sharing my personal experiences from my lived experience. My opinions remain mine.
For health advice, see your regular medical practitioner. For diet advice, consult with appropriately registered professionals.
A pressure cooker is something I am sorely missing from my kitchen. I never thought about using one to fast cook turkey though. seems other people are diggin it though, so i’ll def. need to try it.
Hi Abbrah,
Thanks. Give it a go when you can get a pressure cooker and let me know what you think.
Have a good one.
A very Merry Christmas to you Gary! I love cooking meat in the pressure cooker as it makes it so tender. Never thought to do it with those enormous turkey drumsticks though!
Hi Lorraine,
Thanks. The turkey leg turned out well.
I hope you and Mr NQN have a wonderful day today.
I do enjoy turkey! Turkey sandwiches are my favorite. I remember a time, back in the ’90s, maybe? Disney World used to sell turkey legs in the theme park, and people walked around with them as they went to do the different attractions. It made me chuckle at the time, but now I wish they’d bring them back.
I want to try “The Swanson” from Parks and Recreation. Turkey leg wrapped in bacon. 😊
Both my Nordic genes and life in coastal Australia come to the fore for Yule – black pudding, blood pancakes, duck and goose with sauerkraut and pickled beetroot and cucumbers from the north . . . and oysters, prawns et all from here . . . I do use turkey mince during the year but neither it nor ham are here for Christmas. nice to see you tried. May you share your Canberra Christmas with a lot of dear and close friends and have humongous fun.
Hi Eha,
Thanks for sharing what you’ll be enjoying for Christmas mealtime. It all reads delicious. I hope you have a time filled with peace, joy, and rest with those close to you.
In the final analysis methinks any food consumed means very little when compared to all the wondrous love and laughter and hugs shared . . look at your own mailbox this morning, I am certain, and be gloriously happy you are alive . . .
I don’t like Turkey. I prefer chicken. This year it was meant to be partridge for Christmas dinner but the seafood “starter” I got is so huge that we will eat this and leave the partridges for another day.
Hi Katharine,
Seafood and Christmas go hand in hand here in the antipodes. Over recent years when I’ve been in Brisbane with my parents and daughters we’ve enjoyed bugs (slipper lobsters), prawns, crabs, and fish for Christmas.
I hope the partridge turns out nicely.
Hi Gaz, I don’t like turkey but live with traditionalists so turkey it is for Christmas… have a great one!
Hi Emma,
Thanks. I hope you enjoy lots of vegetable and plant-based dishes for Christmas with your family.