Turkey, Start to Finish
With bacon and pear cider gravy
By Eric Slatkin
Our
Bacon-Wrapped Turkey with Pear Cider Gravy recipe produces a fine, fine
Thanksgiving dish. In this video, watch it evolve from bagged bird to bacon-striped, pear-sweet, glistening roast.
However this might taste it looks very unappetizing... it looks like a plucked turkey fell off of a motorcycle and skid all over the asphault... maybe the bacon should be removed before it is presented.
How can the turkey be "pear-sweet" per the blurb when pearns never touch the turkey except as adjacent ingredients in the pan?
I have actually had an amazing bacon wrapped turkey. That Thanksgiving we had 2 turkey's one regular one and the bacon wrapped...everyone ate the bacon wrapped turkey. The best thing about the bacon wrapped turkey is its moistness. The way I saw it done was the turkey was wrapped in bacon and cheesecloth from the beginning. Guessing from what I know about a bacon wrapped chicken dish I make, you could coat it with mayo and then wrap in bacon and cheesecloth.
The accelerated video is cute, but it gets in the way of actually instructing the novice cook as to how to make this dish. Did the garlic cloves get stuffed in the turkey, along with the vegetables? I guess so, since we never saw them again, but it wasn't clear.
What are the temperatures for roasting the turkey? Does the temperature change after you put on the strips of bacon?
What is the clear liquid that was painted onto the pears?
I'd give this video an "A" for cuteness, but a "D" for its conveyance of helpful information.
Hi gfr1111, If you're looking for the turkey recipe, you should click the link at the top of the page. All of the details you're looking for can be found there. This video's aim was to convey the feel/setting/look of the turkey being made!
Thanks! Meredith of CHOW