Today, many are fond of cooking. Various cakes, pastries are baked, various dishes are prepared from meat, fish, dough and so on. But today I would like to dwell in more detail on how a turkey with pineapples is prepared.
This dish is suitable for various festive events, as well as for an ordinary family dinner. It turns out very tasty and satisfying.
Preparation for cooking turkey with pineapple
First you need to decide whether the whole turkey or just the loin portion will be cooked . If whole, then it can be stuffed with pineapples. If fillet is used, then it can be cut into cubes.
Pineapple can be used both fresh and canned. Turkey goes very well with any kind.
The sweet-sour taste of the southern fruit will give the future dish a pleasant unique taste and aroma.
As you know, turkey is a dietary and healthy product. The body is able to easily absorb it. Turkey meat is also notable for the fact that it contains vitamins A, E and minerals such as iodine, iron, calcium, sodium, potassium, magnesium and others.
The only drawback of a turkey is that it is rather dry. But in combination with various dairy products, fruits and sauces this disadvantage can be avoided.
Cooking turkey with pineapple: recipes
There are quite a lot of recipes. If turkey and pineapple are taken as the main ingredients, then various types of vegetables, mushrooms and fruits can be used as additional ones. The combination of turkey with them will give a unique interesting taste. Of course, all guests will be delighted with these dishes.
Let's consider several options.
Oven chop in the oven
For this recipe you will need the following ingredients: turkey fillet - 800 grams, canned pineapple - 400 grams, 250 grams of hard cheese, 100 grams of sour cream, black pepper (ground), salt, curry - to taste, olive oil - 2 tablespoons.
First of all, the meat is prepared: cut the well-washed and dried turkey meat into layers about a half centimeter thick. Next, a hammer is used, with which the turkey is beaten to a thickness of 1 centimeter. To keep everything neat and tidy, you need to beat the meat in a plastic bag. Ready meat is salted and pepper to taste. Curry also sprinkles. Then the turkey is laid aside for about half an hour.
As the meat comes along, other necessary foods are prepared. Pineapple rings can be left in this form, can be cut into cubes. It depends on who loves how. They are transferred to a plate.
Hard cheese (anyone you like) is rubbed on a medium grater in a convenient plate.
Ready pickled turkey is laid out in a mold and smeared with sour cream. Pineapple is laid out on top. All this is sprinkled with grated cheese. Then the form is put in the oven for about half an hour. After this time, the turkey is taken out of the oven and left in shape for about ten minutes.
The last step is to make the dish before serving. As a side dish, you can offer different salads, rice, mashed potatoes or pasta.
If desired, you can add other types of spices: paprika, nutmeg, allspice, cloves, basil, sage and so on.
Turkey with tomatoes
This recipe is similar to the first, but there are additional ingredients. The cooking steps are the same. The difference is that the turkey in the form is first poured with pineapple syrup with the addition of one tablespoon of lemon juice. Next, onion, chopped into rings, is laid out. Onion slices of tomatoes on top. Next are the pineapple rings. Top cheese. All this is baked in the oven for about fifty minutes.
Mushroom turkey
The third recipe for turkey with pineapple in the oven is also simple to prepare. It differs in that champignons are used instead of tomatoes in this case. Then spread the onions and pineapple rings. Next comes the cheese. If desired, you can use other types of mushrooms. The remaining manipulations are the same as in the first and second recipes. Bake in the oven for half an hour. Serve to the table by sprinkling with herbs and garnishing with cherry tomatoes.
This dish has a divine taste and a pleasant appearance.
Turkey in a pan
In addition to the oven, a turkey can also be cooked in a pan. Consider a few recipes for cooking turkey fillet with pineapple.
- Peel the onion (2 medium-sized pieces) and chop finely. Wash carrots (3-4 pieces), peel and grate. Wash and cut the turkey fillet into small cubes. Fresh or canned pineapple is also cut into cubes. Next is the cooking process. First, fry the onion in a frying pan in vegetable oil until golden brown. Next, carrots are added to it, everything is well stewed. Then comes the turkey fillet. Salt and pepper are added to taste. You can add nutmeg, coriander, paprika. Everything is thoroughly mixed and fried for about ten minutes. Pineapple syrup is poured into the pan. All this is stewed for about forty minutes. If necessary, you can add pineapple syrup. Then, diced pineapple is added to the pan. Everything is mixed and stewed for about ten minutes. The dish is ready. Serve on a plate. Garnish the dish with a sprig of rosemary.
- The second recipe for turkey with pineapples in a pan also does not require much effort. According to the ingredients and the method of preparation, everything is done in the same way as in the first recipe. Only in place of pineapple syrup is sparing sour cream or milk poured. This will make it possible to cook the most tender meat, which will “melt in the mouth”. Cooking time will take about an hour. Stewed pineapple can be omitted. They will decorate an already prepared dish.
Favorite Salad
If you have cooked boiled turkey meat, you can cook a delicious turkey salad with pineapple. To do this, you will need boiled turkey - three hundred grams, Beijing cabbage, canned pineapples - 1 can, sour cream with a fat content of 15%, sunflower oil - 3 tablespoons, salt, pepper - to taste, mustard - 2 teaspoons, two cloves of garlic.
We cut meat and pineapples into cubes. Beijing cabbage needs to be torn into pieces by hands. Everything mixes up. A sauce is prepared for pouring: sour cream, oil, mustard, extruded cloves of garlic, salt, pepper are mixed. The resulting mixture pour meat and pineapple.
This salad is juicy, light and healthy, with a spicy taste and aroma. You can add berries, nuts, raisins.
You can also make such a salad of turkey with pineapple. It is very easy and quick to prepare. Boil a turkey and three eggs. Next, the salad is laid in layers: lettuce, meat, mayonnaise, pieces of canned pineapple, eggs, mayonnaise, grated hard cheese. A minimum of products, a minimum of effort - and a delicious salad is ready!
Other delicious salads can be made from turkey with pineapples. As ingredients, you can add bell pepper, sweet corn, eggs and so on. And of course, these dishes will appeal to any person.
Afterword
This article examined the basic recipes for cooking baked turkey with pineapples, stewed in a pan of turkey, salads with turkey. Without a doubt, these delicious dishes will captivate guests, as evidenced by the reviews. Everyone will admire the culinary skills of the hostess. And the children will be delighted with the pleasant sweet-sour taste of the dishes.
A simple and quick to cook turkey with pineapples in the oven will save any housewife if the guests came unexpectedly. After all, it is satisfying, fast, healthy, and tasty - many women emphasize this.
Each mistress of these recipes should be on the note.