Turkey in a bread basket
Turkey in a bread basket recipe in the casserole category
Recipe ingredients:
- 8 ounces broccoli
- 1 medium onion, sliced thin
- 4 ounces mushrooms, sliced
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon ground sage
- 1 cup milk
- 2 1/2 cups cooked, cut up turkey
- 4 slices bacon, crisply fried and crumbled
- Bread basket:
- 1, 1 1/2 pound, loaf unsliced sandwich bread
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted
- 1 large clove garlic, crushed
Recipe method:
- Prepare Bread Basket.
- Remove florets from broccoli and reserve.
- Cut stalks into 1 inch pieces, approximately 2 1/2 cups.
- Place steamer basket in 1/2-inch water in saucepan or skillet.
- Place broccoli pieces in steamer basket.
- Cover tightly and heat to boiling, reduce heat.
- Steam for 5 minutes.
- Add reserved florets.
- Cover and steam until crisp tender, about 5 minutes longer.
- Cook and stir onion and mushrooms in margarine in a 3 quart saucepan until onion is tender, about 5 minutes.
- Blend in flour, salt, pepper and sage.
- Cook over low heat, stirring constantly until bubbly.
- Remove from heat.
- Stir in milk and heat until boiling, stirring constantly.
- Boil and stir for 1 minute.
- Stir in turkey and broccoli and heat just until turkey is hot, about 5 minutes.
- Stir in bacon.
- Spoon turkey mixture into bread basket.
- Bread basket:
- Remove crust from bread.
- Make cuts down into bread 1/2 inch from outside edges.
- Remove bread within cuts, leaving a base at least 1/2 inch thick.
- Remove any loose crumbs. These can be used for bread crumbs or stuffing later.
- Place bread on rack in a 15 x 10 inch jellyroll pan.
- Mix butter and garlic.
- Brush inside, outside and bottom of bread with butter mixture.
- Bake, uncovered, at 325 degrees F until all sides are golden brown and crisp, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool.
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