La Cornue CornuFé Series - Cooking Tips, Recipes & Cleaning - Manual (Page 16)

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Thanksgiving Feast
Meal Preparation Tips
Preparing an entire feast in one day is overwhelming, so do as much preparation the day before as you
can. If you are baking any pies or desserts they are best done earlier in the day or the day before and
with two Convection ovens you can get a lot of baking done at one time.
To maximize the oven capacity, begin by roasting the turkey in the multi-function oven, allow
approximately 2 hours to cook a 20lb turkey and 40 minutes for the resting, carving and gravy making
process, you can even cook a turkey in both ovens at the same time. Once the turkey is cooked you can
cook several side dishes at one time in the Convection oven and use the Multi-Function oven to cook
the biscuits and everything will be ready at the same time.
The major difference when cooking a turkey in Convection is that we don’t use a deep roasting pan.
Because the turkey is roasted on a rack in a shallow pan the juices stay in the turkey so making gravy
will be a bit tricky the first time but it’s not difficult, just different. To see a step-by-step video see the
Thanksgiving video at www.purcellmurray.com/larissascorner
The Day Before Thanksgiving
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Remove the turkey from the wrapping, remove the giblets from both cavities wash the bird inside
and out with cold water and pat dry with paper towels.
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Season the turkey as per the recipe, place on a shallow pan and cover with plastic wrap and return to
the refrigerator. This is an important step and you will be amazed at the difference in flavor.
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Make the giblet stock that will be the base for the gravy, as per the recipe.
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Prep the vegetables for the vegetable medley and for any other side dishes you plan to serve.
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Make the cranberry sauce.
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Prepare the stuffing, cool, cover and refrigerate.
Thanksgiving Day – Timing the Feast
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Cooking time – a 15-20lb un-stuffed turkey will take approximately 2 hours to cook in Convection as
per our recipe.
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Resting time – allow at least 20 minutes for the turkey to rest before carving.
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Carving time – allow at least 10-15 minutes for carving the turkey.
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During the 40 minutes of resting and carving time –
1. Cook the roasted vegetable medley, stuffing and any other oven side dishes.
2. Make the gravy.