how do i serve a readymade roast turkey in such a way that it looks homemade!!! suggestions for a sauce please

Question

how do serve the turkey?is there a special way to present a turkey? what veggies go with it? what kind of a sauce should i make ?

Answer 1

Put it on a big platter, it will look like you slaved! Just serve it breast side up. Alton Brown, Food network, piped mashed potatoes around the bird on the plate, so the bird would not slide off en route to the table.
Any veggies you want, california blend, corn, green beans, carrots, make them fancy en casserole, or serve them plain. For pretty, I'd pick the carrots, the turkey, potatoes, stuffing are all shades fo beige and white, carrots perk up the plate. For fancy, you could glaze them.
Gravy is my favorite sauce for a turkey, the canned stuff isn't that bad, it is not as good as Mom's giblet gravy, but Mom isn't here, so I make do. Nothing better than homemade mashed potatoes and/or dressing, with gravy. Serve it on the side, in a gravy boat, or a bowl with a gravy ladle. Have enough, we always ran out of gravy!
And don't forget the cranberry sauce, the jel or the whole cranberries, which ever you prefer.
As for presenting the turkey, some people bring it to the table and carve it there, some carve it in the kitchen without showing it off, and some people show it off, then return it to the kitchen to carve. Choose your method. The end result is the same, the slices and the legs ended up on a plate, and the bones end up in the kitchen.
Good luck! and try allrecipes.com for help. It's free.

Answer 2

Shame on you! Roast your own turkey. It's not that difficult. I did a twenty-pound one yesterday with sausage and apple bread stuffing and served it with garlic mashed potatoes and home-made gravy, braised brussels sprouts with walnuts in tamari sauce (delicious), and Christmas cookies for dessert which I also baked.

Or...

Cranberry Sauce (from a can) served on the side,
Brussels Sprouts (you should at least be able to make these)
Gravy (from a can) in a gravy boat,
Instant mashed potatoes and
Pumpkin Pie (which you can also buy)

Put the turkey on a large plate. Carve it badly. Make sure it's hot when you serve it.

Answer 3

Get a turkey roasting pan. Then get a can of gravy. Dump it all in there with the turkey. Then mess up your hair.....put some water on your forehead and get some pot holders to carry it to the table. Serve mashed potatoes and veggies (you can get those premade too)

Answer 4

right this is how I do my sauce. I basically eyeball it so i visit objective to furnish as close as i can to what I do. a million small onion or a million/2 lg onion chopped a million med clove garlic chopped a million-2 tbsp butter a million lg can (family participants type length) stewed diced tomatoes a million reg sized can tomato sauce a million cube chicken bullion apprix a million tbsp sugar right this is wher it gets to the greater eye ball area. Sea Salt (basically a tiny bit say a million/4 tsp or much less. you ought to use reg salt as properly) a pair sturdy dashes.... Celery salt Onion Powder Granulated Garlic (i be attentive to there is already onion and garlic in the sauce however the powder variations are def mandatory) Italian seasoning Dried chives (optionally available) greater basil, dried or sparkling parsley, oregeno Stir each and every thing and simmer on low warmth for approximately 20-30 min. Then boil the noodles and drain. Serve tha sauce over the pasta. in case you like a soft sauce then basically use tomato sauce. you're able to be able to additionally upload some chopped bell peppers, zucchini, crooked neck squash, and carrots. additionally you're able to upload sliced mushrooms, parmesan cheese, chicken (for terrific chicken version make the sauce then upload bone in chicken thighs and simmer for a pair of hrs unitl they're fall off the bone soft), floor beef, floor turkey, sausage etc... that is countless the possiblities you have. you ought to use canned organic and organic tomatoes and tomatoe products. or you could peel sparkling tomatoes (drop in boiling water for approximately 30-40 5 seconds, scoop out and drop into ice water, peel off the exterior) And use as above.

Answer 5

Serve it on a dish that you regularly use, and take away their vegetables and put your own.

Make sure not to serve it in the dish it came in.

Or just throw it in the oven for an extra couple hours to make it appear a little more flawed ; D

Answer 6

Thats fun. Place it on a large platter. Cut at the table. Serve dressing or mashed potatoes or sweet candied yams. string beans or corn. a mix of fresh fruit. Pumpkin pie. mince pie. icecream. pickles ,olives.cranberry sauce. Enjoy

Answer 7

I've done that with a bought smoked turkey, warmed it in my pan in my oven, used a store bought gravy mix and then when the first person said how good it was I said"oh good, I bought this already smoked and cooked"... They loved it, I have a great family

Answer 8

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Answer 9

To pass it off as your own, I would burn it a little. I seen some show where they prep the food for commercials and stuff and they use a blow dryer. I say, use a blow dryer and burn a small section.

Answer 10

Pull it out of a hot oven when everybody can see you doing it.