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Galopoula Gemisti #2 (stuffed turkey)
- Ingredients
- 1 turkey
- Lemon juice, olive oil
- 3-1/2 lb. hamburg
- 1 lb. chestnuts (cooked, peeled, chopped)
- Salt and pepper
- 3/4 cup rice (uncooked)
- Bunch of celery, 1/2 stick butter
- 1 large onion, 1 cup raisins
- 1 8 oz. can tomato sauce
- Directions
- Wash turkey inside and out after removing giblets from cavity.
- Rub entire surface inside and out with salt and lemon juice.
- Rub top of turkey with olive oil.
- Roast at 325 degrees for about 5 hours. Halfway through roasting, cover with foil and begin making stuffing.
- To make stuffing, chop celery (including leaves) into slices and cook in sauce pan with 2 cups of water until celery is soft (about 5 minutes). Remove and set aside.
- Chop onions.
- Place rice in Dutch oven with 1-1/2 cups of water and par boil for 10 minutes, then set aside.
- Saute chopped onions in butter, add hamburger and brown the meat.
- Add cooked celery, par boiled rice and tomato sauce. Simmer
until done.
- Add chestnuts and raisins. Mix well.
- Pour 1/2 cup of turkey stock (from turkey roasting in oven) over mixture.
- Bake covered for 45 minutes.
- Serve with Turkey.