As it turned out, you can cook ham not only from pork, but also from turkey. Turkey meat contains a very small amount of fat (compared to meat of other species of animals and birds). In addition, it contains in large quantities such a wonderful and necessary substance to the human body as a tryptophan, which causes feelings of calm and contentment. In general, you already understood that a well-cooked homemade ham from a turkey is a dietary product with optimal calorie content and at the same time an excellent delicacy that is best suited for both the daily menu and the festive table.
Tell you how to cook ham from turkey. For the preparation of ham, meat from the breast, thighs, shins and wings is best suited. All these parts of the turkey carcass can be bought separately. Do not cut the meat on the fillet before heat treatment, we first weld it and lightly cool it in the broth, then remove the skin and cut the meat from the bones. Next, the meat is cut into not too large chunks and - you can make a boiled ham.
It is very convenient to make homemade ham from a turkey with a special kitchen device - ham (this is a simple device made of food grade stainless steel with springs, in which the ham mixture is pressed).
Recipe for cooked dietary ham from turkey
Ingredients:
- parts of the turkey carcass (breast, thigh, drumstick, upper part of the wings) - about 1.5-2 kg;
- onion - 1-2 pcs .;
- bay leaves - 3-5 pcs .;
- clove - 3-4 inflorescences;
- pepper peas - 5-8 pieces;
- salt;
- garlic - 2-5 denticles;
- dry ground spices.
Preparation
Part of the turkey carcass thoroughly rinse and pour in a saucepan with cold water (a small amount). Let's cook it. We put a clove in the peeled onion and also put it in a pan with a laurel leaf and peppercorn. Bring to a boil, do not forget to remove fat and noise, and reduce the fire to a minimum. Boil for about 1.5-2 hours (depends on the rigidity of meat). Cool in broth until warm. Well cooked turkey broth is perfectly gelled, this property is very suitable for making ham.
We extract parts of the turkey and cut the meat. Divide the cut meat into 3 approximately equal parts. The pieces of the first part should be relatively large pieces. The meat of the second part should be ground with a knife. The rest of the meat should be passed through the meat grinder, if it turned out too dry, you can add a little meat broth .
All this is mixed in a bowl and seasoned with salt, chopped garlic, ground black and red hot pepper, sweet paprika, grated nutmeg, cardamom and saffron. From such a heterogeneous mixture of ham will get an interesting texture.
If you do not have a ham, do not get discouraged. Cut off the top of the plastic bottle with a capacity of 1.5-2 liters. Wash the bottom thoroughly. Densely fill it with ham minced meat (it, by the way, is called the famous word "spam"), but not to the very edges. On top put a freely passing solid gasket (for example, a plastic lid, a coffee saucer), and on top of it organize oppression (put something heavy) and place the structure on the shelf in the refrigerator for hours, at least 8, or better at 12, let it prepress and solidify .
Carefully cut off the bottom of the plastic mold from the bottle with a knife and gently push out the cylindrical piece of the finished ham. Cut into thin (or not very thin) slices. You can beautifully put slices on a dish and decorate with greens or make sandwiches with ham .
Alternatively, you can wrap the stuffing in a film, form something like a loaf, tightly rewind the rubber band and put it in the fridge between the two boards, and put the load on top. Then remove the elastic band and the film and cut the ham into slices. For ham from turkey, you can serve fresh vegetables and fruits, vegetable salads, polenta or any other garnish, various sauces, light wine, bourbon, beer.