Pineapple Turkey Centerpiece Food

PINEAPPLE TURKEY CENTERPIECE

Steps:

• I will have to send you the pattern, or if you're a good artist, you can come up with your own by looking at the photo above. Not too hard...
• Lay the pattern on top of both pieces of felt, then cut out turkey head on cutting line .
• Stitch with matching thread 1/4" from the edge,leaving open between arrows/heavy black lines. Trim as close as you like. Leave the back/bottom of the head open, for stuffing.
• Hot glue the googly eyes in place [or use chenille balls for eyes, too]. Put eyes on both sides. Hot glue the 6" loop of yarn where the turkey's wattle would hang [you'll only hang the wattle off one side of the beak]. Hot glue two more chenille balls on each side of bridge of nose, where raw ends of wattle yarn are.
• Stuff batting up inside head, trying to get it down into tip of beak, as well. Let stuffing come as far down as where the stitching stops/starts.
• Open out the back/open section of the felt head, and use straight pins to anchor the turkey head to the "unfeathered" end of the pineapple.
• Voilá ... He looks mighty proud to be struttin' in the middle of your Thanksgiving table!

PINEAPPLE ROAST TURKEY

Steps:

• Wash turkey and pat dry.
• If desired, rub cavity lightly with salt. Fasten neck skin to back and skewer.
• Fold wings across back with tips touching.
• Tuck drumsticks under band of skin at tail or tie together with heavy string, then tie to tail.
• Place turkey breast side up on rack in open shallow roasting pan.
• Brush with vegetable oil.
• Insert meat thermome- ter so tip is in thickest part of inside thigh muscle or thickest part of breast meat and does not touch bone. Roast uncovered in 325 degrees oven for 3 hours.
• Pare pineapple; cut lengthwise into halves.
• Remove core; cut each half crosswise int o 8 slices.
• Mix wine, honey, soy, ginger, paprika and garlic. Arrange pineapple on rack around turkey.
• Brush turkey and pineapple with wine mixture. Continue roasting uncovered, brushing turkey and pineapple frequently with wine mixture, until thermometer registers 185 degrees, about 1 hour longer, or move drumstick up and down (when done the joint should give readily or break). Remove turkey and pineapple, keep warm.
• Pour d rippings into 2 cup measuring cup; skim off any excess fat. Add enough water to drippings to measure 2 cups.
• Heat dripping to boiling in saucepan.
• Mix cornstarch and cold water; stir into drippings.
• Boil and stir 1 minute. Serve with turkey.
• Yields about 16 servings.