Turkey Recipes – Our Top 8 Picks For Your Thanksgiving Feast

Seven Days of Seductive Thanksgiving Recipes: Our first post for our top picks for Thanksgiving recipes has to start with the main star of any Thanksgiving feast – the Turkey. We put together eight fabulous Turkey recipes sure to please the most discerning foodies at your table. We have recipes for the tried-and-true herb-roasted turkey and some with more exotic flavors and alternative preparations like a juicy, salt- brined soaked turkey; or a Turkey Breast Roulade with Crimini, Porcini, and Pancetta; and the highly seductive Roast Turkey from California’s Bouchon Bistro where the turkey is divided into pieces for cooking to maximize its flavor and texture. The drumsticks and breast soak in a tenderizing brine of honey, lemon, herbs, garlic, and lots of salt before roasting – while thighs are deboned and stuffed with an herbed turkey mousse for roulades – oh la la! And to spice things up, how about a roast turkey with toasted ancho chili, garlic and scallion rubbed turkey breast or turkey in a mole poblano sauce. When researching recipes I learned this interesting fact from Saveur.com: It may be called the great American bird, but turkey was first domesticated in Mexico, where, as James Beard once wrote, “It was to that country what beef is to the United States.”