how can i serve fully cooked turkey as a cold easy appetizer?

Question

we are buying a fully cooked turkey for dinner this week. it's just the 2 of us and we are going to a birthday party this week too. please give me ideas for a quick cold turkey appetizer.

Answer 1

Buy some gourmet bread in maybe 2 different types and serve a sandwich tray. Have a dip bowl with mayo and mustard.

Answer 2

Buy some nice dinner rolls at the bakery. Split them horizontally. Place a slice of turkey and some spread made from one block of cream cheese mixed with half a can of whole berry cranberry sauce and a half cup of chopped pecans. It is yummy and tastes Wonderful and looks Really Pretty! To make them even more attractive - place a frilled sandwich pick through the top middle of the mini-sandwich - you could put a small gerkin or olive on the pick first if you want.

Answer 3

TURKEY TEA SANDWICHES

SCALLION CREAM CHEESE
3/4 pound cream cheese, room temperature
1/2 cup minced scallions (white and green parts)

SANDWICHES
1 loaf dense raisin-nut bread, unsliced
8 thin slices fresh or smoked turkey breast
Fresh basil leaves

For the scallion cream cheese, combine the cream cheese and scallions in an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Do not whip.


For the sandwiches, have the store slice the bread lengthwise on a meat slicer into 1/4-inch-thick slices. (If that isn't possible, you can slice it crosswise with a very sharp knife.)

Lay out 8 slices of bread and spread them all with a thin layer of scallion cream cheese. Place a single layer of turkey on half the slices, cutting the edges to fit the bread. Place the basil leaves randomly on top of the turkey. Top with the other 4 slices of bread, cream cheese side down. Lay the sandwiches on a baking sheet, and wrap the sheet with plastic. Refrigerate until the cream cheese is cold and firm. Place the sandwiches on a cutting board and, with a very sharp knife, cut off the crusts. Cut each large sandwich in half crosswise, and then cut each half diagonally, twice, to make a total of 8 small triangles. (If the bread was cut crosswise, follow the assembly instructions, then cut off the crusts and cut diagonally, twice, to make 4 small triangles.) Serve chilled.

Makes 32 sandwiches; serves 8 to 10.

Answer 4

spread some softened cream cheese on flour tortilla's, layer on some deli smoked ham, put in a row of pickles and roll them up. Refrigerate for an hour (purely to enable the cream cheese set) and then slice into little slices - ordinary and that is loopy how people love them! or you may make some salsa or hummus and take alongside tortilla chips. Or do a veggie platter and a valuable dip or 2.

Answer 5

Use a nice chicken salad recipe and sub the turkey for it.

Bridesmaids' Luncheon Chicken Salad

1½ cups Hellman's Mayo
3/4 cup Major Grey's Chutney (if chunky, chop up)
1 tsp. curry powder
2 tsp. grated lime zest
¼ cup fresh lime juice
½ tsp. salt

In large bowl, combine above ingredients and mix well.

4 cups white meat chicken, cooked and cut into small pieces
3 (8 oz.) cans chunk pineapple, drained
2 cups diagonally-sliced celery
1 cup thinly sliced green onions, tops and bottoms
½ cup sliced, blanched almonds, toasted

1. Gently fold remaining ingredients into mayo mixture.
2. Chill at least 4-6 hours; can be made the night before. Toss before serving, being sue to get all the way to the bottom.
3. Serve on crisp, chilled salad greens.

Serves 8-10.

--recipe by Chet Beckwith as printed in Extra! Extra! Read All About It! by Corinne Cook
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Exotic Chicken Salad

1 cup mayo
1½ tsp. curry powder
1 Tbsp. soy sauce
1 Tbsp. lemon juice (I have used lime, too)
Optional: ¾ cup Major Grey’s Chutney
4 cups chopped cooked chicken meat
1 (5 oz.) can sliced water chestnuts
1 cup finely chopped celery (about 2 stalks)
1 pound fresh seedless grapes, halved
1 cup toasted slivered almonds
1 (16 oz.) can pineapple chunks, drained

Mix first 4 ingredients together in large bowl w/ tight-fitting lid. Mix in chutney at this time, if so desired. Add remaining ingredients and toss gently. Refrigerate. Serves 8-10.

--River Road Recipes 2

Answer 6

Buy loaves of italian bread ... slice the turkey thinly ... make a cranberry mayo by mixing 1 can of cranberry sauce with 2 cups of real mayonaisse. Slice the loaf of bread open .... spread the mayo on both sides ... put the thin slices of turkey on it ... top it with thin slices of swiss cheese .. top the swiss with slices of oil-packed sun dried tomatoes, then romaine lettuce ... another layer of turkey. Press the bread down and then slice the sandwich into individual pieces.

Answer 7

Easy appetizer Bites

1 pkg. (9 oz.) OSCAR MAYER VARIETY-PAK Ham or Turkey
5 CLAUSSEN Bread 'N Butter or Kosher Dill Sandwich Slices, cut in half lengthwise
1 tub (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Garden Vegetable Cream Cheese Spread



PAT meat and pickle slices dry with paper towels.
SPREAD each meat slice with about 1 Tbsp. cream cheese spread. Top each with 1 pickle slice; roll up. (Note: You will have 1 pickle slice left over. Enjoy it as an extra snack.) Wrap tightly in plastic wrap.
REFRIGERATE at least 1 hour or overnight. Cut each roll-up into 4 pieces to serve; secure each with toothpick.

Answer 8

Get some Lavash bread (roll up bread) I'd get the tomato kind and the spinach kind
Chop up the turkey
Chop up some colorful raw veggies incl. lettuce
Make an easy aoli sauce mixing mayo and some store bought pesto sauce
Slather the sauce on the bread
Add the other stuff
Roll it up
Slice 2'' sections on a diagonal slant and secure with a toothpicks

Answer 9

What you do, is slice the turkey (whatever thickness you like)

Then place a dollop of cranberry mayo OR a tomato and your favourite cheese on a canape (those little round cracker break thingys) and then top with turkey
Voila instant hors d'eurve

Answer 10

Arrange a platter first with a bed of lettuce. Slice the turkey and arrange the slices in a circle attractively on the platter. In the center place the thighs and drumsticks. Have other plates with mash potatoes, stuffing, gravy, and cranberry sauce.