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- From: kyrimis@Princeton.EDU (Kriton Kyrimis)
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- Subject: RECIPE: Greek Christmas poultry stuffing
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- Date: 15 Nov 87 16:30:06 GMT
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE CHICKEN-STUFF2 M "8 Sep 87" 1987
- .RZ "CHRISTMAS/THANKSGIVING STUFFING" "Holiday stuffing with fruit and nuts"
- This is an elaborate version of the type of poultry stuffing made in
- Greece. People there have never heard of bread stuffings and, once you taste
- this recipe,
- you'll never want to hear about bread stuffings either! I got the recipe
- from my mother, who got it from a friend, who got it from her sister-in-law,
- who...
- .IH "stuffs 5\-6 lbs poultry" "stuffs 2\-3 kg poultry"
- .IG "\(12 lb" "ground beef" "250 g"
- .IG "2 Tbsp" "butter" "30 g"
- .IG "1 tsp" "salt" "5 ml"
- .IG "\(12 cup" "uncooked white rice" "100 g"
- .IG "1" "poultry liver"
- (from the bird you are going to stuff)
- .IG "\(12 cup" "pine nuts" "25 g"
- .IG "\(12 cup" "whole blanched almonds" "60 g"
- .IG "10" "pitted prunes"
- .IG "\(12 cup" "raisins" "75 g"
- .IG "10\-15" "chestnuts"
- .PH
- .SK 1
- Cook the chestnuts:
- Cut a groove on each chestnut, and roast them on the stove (if you've got an
- electric stove, placing the chestnuts on the burner will do the trick, though
- you'll have to do some cleaning afterwards.) When they're done, peel them.
- Watch your hands.
- .SK 2
- Brown the beef with half the butter.
- .SK 3
- Add the rice, salt and a
- little water, and let it cook on low heat, until the water is absorbed.
- .SK 4
- Boil the liver, mince it and add it into the rice and meat.
- .SK 5
- Add the almonds, prunes, raisins, chestnuts
- (cut in chunks) and pine nuts. Add a small amount of water and let everything
- simmer until the water is absorbed.
- .SK 6
- The stuffing is ready to use. Add the remaining butter and bake it.
- I usually wrap
- the stuffing in aluminum foil, put it in a separate pan and bake it
- along with the chicken. When the chicken is ready, the stuffing is ready too!
- .NX
- If the chestnut-roasting procedure is to messy for you, then just boil them.
- .PP
- The amounts in the ingredients list are there for completeness' sake.
- You should really interpret them as "a few", "a handful" or
- "one small package". The only thing you have to bear in mind is that
- putting more prunes will make the stuffing sourer, and putting more
- raisins will make it sweeter.
- .PP
- The original recipe suggested using unpitted prunes. I believe that using
- pitted prunes is safer for the teeth!
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- easy to moderate.
- .I Time:
- 1 hour preparation, 1\-2 hours cooking.
- .I Precision:
- no need to measure.
- .WR
- Kriton Kyrimis
- Princeton University, Computer Science Dept., Princeton, New Jersey, USA
- kyrimis@princeton.princeton.edu allegra!princeton!kyrimis
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