Turkey Potpie With Cheddar Biscuit Crust Recipe Epicuriouscom Recipes

TURKEY POTPIE WITH A BISCUIT CRUST

Steps:

• To make the filling: In a large (14-inch) ovenproof skillet, melt the butter and olive oil over medium heat. Add the bell pepper, onion, carrot, and garlic and saute until soft.
• Stir in the peas, corn and thyme. Sprinkle the flour over the vegetables and then add the chicken broth and cream. Stir to distribute the flour and the liquids. Simmer until the sauce thickens, about 10 minutes. Stir in the turkey and add salt and pepper to taste. Set the mixture aside to cool slightly.
• To make the biscuit top crust: In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, salt, sugar, and baking powder. Whisk for thirty seconds to combine and evenly distribute the leavening. Add the shortening and butter and toss to coat the fat a bit with the flour. Using your fingertips, gently work the fats into the flour until the mixture resembles coarse cornmeal with some pea-size chunks of fat.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the buttermilk and egg, and add this to the flour mixture. Stir together with a wooden spoon. Then, gently work through the mixture with your hands to separate any wet patches and bring the dough together.
• Turn the dough out onto a floured work surface, sprinkle with the minced thyme and knead gently until it just holds together. Pat it into a rough 1/2-inch-tall disk and cut it into 7 biscuits using a 3-inch round biscuit cutter. (Bake off the scraps and use for croutons in the Broccoli Salad recipe.)
• To assemble: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Top the filling in the skillet with the biscuit rounds. Brush the tops with egg wash and sprinkle them with sea salt.
• Bake the potpie for 25 to 30 minutes, until the filling is bubbling and the biscuits are golden brown.

TURKEY POTPIE

Steps:

• Cook turkey and make stock:
• Wash chopped leek well in a bowl of cold water, agitating it, then lift out and drain well.
• Bring all stock ingredients to a boil in a 4- to 5-quart saucepan, skimming froth, then reduce heat and gently simmer, partially covered, until reduced to about 4 cups, about 1 1/4 hours.
• Pour stock through a large sieve into a bowl. Transfer turkey to a cutting board to cool. Discard remaining solids.
• When meat is cool enough to handle, coarsely shred from bone, discarding skin, and set aside.
• Make pastry while stock simmers:
• Blend together flour, cornmeal, butter, and salt in a bowl with your fingertips or a pastry blender (or pulse in a food processor) until most of the mixture resembles coarse meal with some roughly pea-size butter lumps. Drizzle evenly with 3 tablespoons ice water and gently stir with a fork (or pulse in processor) until incorporated.
• Squeeze a small handful: If it doesn't hold together, add more ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time, stirring (or pulsing) until just incorporated, then test again. (Do not overwork, or pastry will be tough.)
• Turn out mixture onto a lightly floured surface and divide into 2 portions. With heel of your hand, smear each portion once or twice in a forward motion to help distribute fat. Gather dough together with scraper and press into a ball, then flatten into a 3-inch disk. Chill dough, wrapped tightly in plastic wrap, until firm, at least 1 hour.
• Make filling while pastry chills:
• Heat oil in a 12-inch heavy nonstick skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté onion, carrots, and celery, stirring occasionally, until golden, about 10 minutes. Add mushrooms, potatoes, and garlic and sauté, stirring, until vegetables are crisp-tender, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in turkey, peas, and thyme.
• Transfer filling to a 3- to 31/2-quart glass or ceramic baking dish.
• Reheat stock in a 2- to 3-quart saucepan over moderate heat.
• Transfer about 1/2 cup hot stock to a small bowl and whisk in flour, salt, and pepper until smooth. Whisk flour mixture into remaining stock and boil until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes. Pour sauce over filling in dish.
• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 425°F.
• Roll out dough into a roughly 10- by 7-inch oval on a lightly floured surface with a lightly floured rolling pin, then place over filling and trim excess dough flush with edge of dish. Brush with egg white, then bake until filling bubbles and crust is golden, about 30 minutes.
• Transfer to a rack and cool slightly, about 10 minutes.

TURKEY POT PIE WITH CHEDDAR BISCUIT CRUST

Steps:

• Filling:.
• Cook onion, carrots, celery, parsnip and thyme in butter with salt and pepper in a 3 - 4 quart oven proof shallow pot. Stir occasionally, cook until almost tender, about 10 - 12 minutes.
• Add mushrooms and cook, stirring, until tender, 5 - 7 minutes.
• Sprinkle with the flour and cook, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes.
• Stir in stock, bring to a boil, reduce to a hard simmer while stirring. This should thicken in about 3 minutes.
• Stir in turkey, peas, salt and pepper to taste.
• Remove from heat while making biscuits.
• Biscuit crust:.
• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Sift dry ingredients into medium bowl. Add cheeses and toss around to cover cheese with flour mixture.
• Add cold butter and work into cheese/flour mixture until it is the consistency of a coarse meal.
• Stir in buttermilk. Stir only until a dough forms.
• Assembly:.
• Return pan with filling to heat. Bring up to a hard simmer again and drop biscuit mix onto filling.
• Place in oven and bake for around 40 minutes, or until filling is bubbly and crust has puffed up and is golden brown.
• Remove from heat and let stand for about 10 minutes before serving.

TURKEY BISCUIT POT PIE

Steps:

• In a large skillet coated with cooking spray, cook turkey until no longer pink; drain. Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, combine flour and milk until smooth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in the vegetables, salt, pepper and turkey; remove from the heat and keep warm. , Place biscuits 2 in. apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 400° for 5 minutes. , Transfer turkey mixture to a greased 8-in. square baking dish. Place nine biscuits over turkey mixture. Bake potpie and remaining biscuit for 5-7 minutes or until biscuits are golden brown.

TURKEY, SQUASH, AND LIMA BEAN POTPIE WITH CHEDDAR BACON CRUST

Steps:

• In a saucepan bring the water to a boil, in it cook the squash with salt to taste for 6 to 8 minutes, or until it is just tender, and with a slotted spoon transfer the squash to a bowl of ice and cold water to stop the cooking. In the boiling water cook the lima beans for 3 minutes, or until they are just tender, with the slotted spoon transfer them to the bowl, and reserve 1 cup of the cooking liquid.
• In a large saucepan melt the butter over moderate heat, add the flour, and cook the roux, whisking, for 3 minutes. Add the turkey or chicken broth and the reserved cooking liquid in a stream, whisking, add the minced sage and salt and pepper to taste, and simmer the sauce, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes. Drain the squash and lima beans, stir them into the sauce with the onions and the turkey, and pour the mixture into a 1 1/2-quart shallow baking dish. The potpie may be prepared up to this point 1 day in advance and kept covered and chilled.__
• Preheat the oven to 425°F.
• Make the crust:
• Into a bowl sift together the flour, the baking powder, and the salt, add the butter, and blend the mixture until it resembles meal. Stir in the Cheddar and the bacon and stir in enough of the milk to form a soft, sticky dough. Transfer the dough to a pastry bag fitted with a 3/4-inch star tip and pipe it around the edge of the turkey mixture. (Alternatively, the dough may be dropped by rounded tablespoons onto the turkey mixture.)
• Bake the potpie in the lower third of the oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the crust is golden, and garnish it with the sage sprig.

TURKEY SLOPPY JOES ON CHEDDAR BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Steps:

• Heat oil in a wide 8-quart heavy pot over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté onion, celery, bell pepper, and garlic, stirring occasionally, until golden, 10 to 12 minutes. Add turkey and sauté, stirring occasionally and breaking up large lumps with a wooden spoon, until meat is no longer pink, about 5 minutes. Stir in salt and pepper.
• Purée tomatoes with juice, ketchup, molasses, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, and Tabasco in a blender until smooth. Add to turkey and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until sauce is thickened, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Serve turkey sloppy joes on split Cheddar buttermilk biscuits.