If your family is anything like mine, there’s always some leftovers.
But turkey sandwiches are so boring. Let’s try some Quick Turkey Pie instead.
AuthorRetroRuth
From Better Homes & Gardens, December, 1963
Tested Recipes!
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Combine biscuit mix and onion; stir in the ⅔ cup milk till the mix is moistened. Pat into greased 9-inch pie plate. Sprinkle with green pepper and cheese. Bake in a hot oven (400°) for 18 to 20 minutes or till golden.
Meanwhile, blend butter or margarine, flour, salt, mustard, and pepper. Add the 2 cups milk and Worcestershire all at once. Cook and stir till mixture thickens and bubbles. Stir in carrot and turkey; heat through. Cut biscuit pie in wedges; top with turkey sauce.
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients
Directions
Combine biscuit mix and onion; stir in the ⅔ cup milk till the mix is moistened. Pat into greased 9-inch pie plate. Sprinkle with green pepper and cheese. Bake in a hot oven (400°) for 18 to 20 minutes or till golden.
Meanwhile, blend butter or margarine, flour, salt, mustard, and pepper. Add the 2 cups milk and Worcestershire all at once. Cook and stir till mixture thickens and bubbles. Stir in carrot and turkey; heat through. Cut biscuit pie in wedges; top with turkey sauce.
Yield: 6 servings
Notes
This recipe is Mrs. Sarah O. Duff’s contribution to Better Homes and Gardens.
It’s really a two-part recipe.
First make an oniony biscuit, topped with cheese and green peppers.
Then make a lightly seasoned bechamel for your leftover turkey.
Turkey even brought along some shredded carrot to the party.
And only after every thing is cooked do you introduce them to each other. Creamed carrots and turkey, meet giant cheese-topped biscuit.
“I thought you said this was pie?”
“I don’t name ’em, I just cook ’em.”
“This is tasty. I like creamy turkey on top of a biscuit.”
Verdict: Tasty!
From the tasting notes:
This isn’t a pie, it’s creamed turkey on a biscuit. Aside from the terminology problem, this was enjoyable. The bechamel would hide bad turkey, and bumps up the flavor of good turkey. Not the quickest way to use leftovers (baking a biscuit and making a roux? sheesh!) but a neat idea.
Guess I am “old school” as I think making biscuits and béchamel a perfect way to use leftovers.
We made this for dinner and we really liked it. We did substitute the green peppers for green onion though- I don’t like bell peppers!
I have a recipe for “chicken pot pie” that is a little like this. It is not chicken pot pie, but it is chicken with a biscuit-like thing. And it’s pretty good.
Looks like a more successful version of the Chicken Upside-Down Pie I had the privilege of experiencing.
You and me both. Yummy on top of yummy!