Apple Cidercar

Ingredients:
* 5 fl. oz. apple cider concentrate
* 5 fl. oz. water(*or, 10 oz good cider)
3 fl. oz. brandy
5 fl. oz. Cointreau or triple sec
2 fl. oz. fresh lemon juice (in a bottle..)

Directions: In a cocktail shaker, stir together the apple cider concentrate and water. Add the brandy, Cointreau and lemon juice. Fill the shaker with ice and shake well. Pour into sugar-rimmed cocktail glasses. Serves 4.

Happy Turkey Day

Turkey Broccoli Braid

Ingredients:
2 cups cooked turkey, chopped
1 C broccoli, chopped
1 C. shredded sharp cheddar
1/2 C. mayonnaise
1 tsp dill
2 packaged crescent rolls

Preparation:
Preheat oven to 375*. Chop turkey and broccoli and place in a 2 qt bowl. Add cheese, dill and mayonnaise. Mix well. Unroll 1 package of crescent dough; do not separate. Arrange longest sides of dough across width of 12x15 baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining package of dough. On each side of pan, cut dough into strips 1.5 inches apart, 3 inches deep. There will be 6 inches in the center for filling. Spread filling evenly over middle of dough. To braid, lift strips of dough across mixture to meet in the center, twisting each strip one turn. Continue alternating strips to form a braid. Tuck ends up to form a rim at the end of the braid.

Stuffing

Boil your baggie of giblets in a small sauce pan with one onion, diced. When organs are boiled (1 hr), remove them from the water. Dice the liver and add to your stuffing. Feed the neck and the tail to the cat. Dice the extras and put back in your sauce pot. Reserve this for turkey soup next week. In a 6qt pot, brown 1 tube of sage sausage with 1 onion diced. Add same seasonings you topped your bird with and some diced celery. When sausage is almost done add 3 cups of chicken broth and diced giblets and turn off burner. Add 1 bag of cubed stuffing. Stir until your stuffing is fluffy. Spoon into your bird, don't forget the neck cavity.

Turkey for you, turkey for me.

We are making a 10# turkey this year. I am using the 'poultry seasoning' from Penzeys and some fresh ground black pepper.
Wash your bird. Remove the gibblet package from the neck cavity and the neck from the body cavity. Cram bird full of stuffing. Season bird. Open an oven bag, dust with flour and insert bird. Bake at 350* for 3 hours.

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