Talk of the Town: Holiday Recipes
For our holiday episode of Talk of the Town we taught you three great recipes. For our main course our producer Terri Tholen goes over how to cook a Turducken. As a side, Executive Director Alyson Dell Isola, shows us how to make a sweet potato Casserole. Lastly, for dessert, Producer Ali Areskog makes an avocado chocolate cake.
Terri's Turducken
Turkducken Ingredients
10-12lb Turkey, Deboned (leave legs and wings)
5-6lb Duck, Completely Deboned
3-4lb Chicken, Completely Deboned
5-6 c. Your Favorite Holiday Stuffing
Metal Skewers
Large Roasting Pan
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 300º
- Spread stuffing evenly over turkey cavity.
- Place duck on top of bread stuffing, skin side down.
- Spread stuffing on top of open duck cavity.
- Top with chicken, skin side down.
- Spread stuffing on top of open chicken cavity.
- Skewer the back of the chicken closed, bring up the sides of the duck to cover the chicken.
- Skewer the back of the duck closed. Repeat with turkey.
- Remove all skewers except on Turkey.
- Roast 3-4 hours until thermometer inserted in the center of chicken stuffing reaches 165º
- Baste once an hour with pan juices.
Finally, Let turducken rest 30 minutes before carving.
Alyson's Sweet Potato Casserole
Sweet Potato Casserole:
5 Sweet Potatoes Peeled & Cooked, Drain Water
1/3 c. Sugar
1/2 tsp Salt
1/3 Stick Melted Butter
1/2 c. Milk
2 Eggs
- Mix all of the above ingredients well.
- Put in casserole dish.
-Follow the instructions below for the Sweet Potato Casserole Topping.
Sweet Potato Casserole Topping
1/3 c. of Melted Butter
1/3 c. of Flour
1 c. Brown Sugar
1 c. Chopped Pecans
- Mix ingredients
- Spread evenly over sweet potato casserole.
- Top with Mini Marshmallows.
Bake Casserole at 350º for 45 minutes
Ali's Vegan Avocado Chocolate Cake
Avocado Chocolate Cake Ingredients:
3 c. All-Purpose Flour
6 Tbsp. Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
1/2 tsp. Salt
2 tsp. Baking Soda
2 tsp. Baking Powder
2 c. Granulated Sugar
1/4 c. Vegetable Oil
1 Medium Soft Avocado, Mashed
2 c. Water
2 Tbsp. White Vinegar
2 tsp. Vanilla Extract
Baking Instructions:
- Preheat Oven to 350º
- Grease and Flour 2 eight or nine inch rounds. Set aside.
- Sift together all of the dry ingredients except the sugar, set aside.
- Mix all of the wet ingredients together in a bowl, including the avocado.
- Add sugar to wet mixture and stir.
- Mix the wet with the dry all at once, beat with a whisk until smooth.
- Pour batter into rounds.
- Bake 30-40 minutes.
- Let cake thoroughly cool before frosting.
Avocado Buttecream Frosting Ingredients:
2 Medium Avocados, Mashed
2tsp. Lemon Juice
1lb Powdered Sugar, Sifted.
1/2 tsp. Vanilla Extract
Frosting instructions:
- Place avocado into a bowl, add lemon juice and whisk with a stand mixer or hand blender on medium speed until smooth.
- Add powdered sugar in batches and continue whisking.
- Lastly, add vanilla extract.
- Spread evenly on cake cooled cake.