Turducken from Klosters
Anyone ever order or have tried the turducken from Kloster's Butcher Shop in Newmarket? Thinking of ordering from them... they're cheaper and offer a bigger product than the places I've researched in the GTA. Any other suggestions?
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My brother cooked a turducken from them 2 years ago-it was frozen when he got it. I think he said close to $200 but it was fantastic. He cooked it just like a turkey, basting often. Lots of meat and all very very tasty. Sorry I don't remember more, just that it was very tasty and was from Klosters (our fave butcher here)
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Last year I saw in Louisiana retail 15-lb. fresh Turduckens sold for about $60, but that's in the land of desperately low wages and low poultry prices. Labour cost is the major expense in making it.
Longo's and Fiesta Farms used to sell a frozen Canadianized-Turducken (no andouille sausage and a no-pork chicken and an apple stuffing option) made in Calgary by Echelon Foods at what I thought was a fair price at the time. They still may sell them for the holiday season.
If you cook one yourself it's best with a low 'n slow technique at smoker-temperature, about 220F and use a rack. Also, be sure to have a plan on how to get it out of your cooking/transport pan in one piece as without any bone structure for support a cooked Turducken easily falls apart.
Unless you have a steam-assist oven, reheating the whole rig will be a challenge to prevent overcooking the turkey breast meat while still heating the centre. I'd cut it in half lengthwise to reheat it. It's the easiest way to carve one too.
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The butcher quoted me $175 for the whole turducken (about 20lbs in total). I think he told me it was with stuffing. I actually found another butcher to go within the GTA. It's a butcher shop called Medium Rare. Got rave reviews online. He's charging me $220 for approx 20lbs and he will pre-cook it for me - only need to reheat the turducken on low for about 2 hours prior. Saves me 6-8 hours of cooking time!
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