On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 12:38:28 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

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>sf wrote:
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>> On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 16:41:04 -0500, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
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>> > Turkey Divine
>>
>> do you mean turkey divan?
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>No. That would make it like a piece of furniture.
>
>>
>>
>> Would you please post a recipe? Son went to a TDay party
>> after ours and came home with an entire turkey. Need
>> recipes!
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>It's a dish that my wife usually deals with, originally Chicken Divine,
>but she substitutes left over turkey for chicken. She makes a white
>sauce, blanches broccoli spears, places a layer of broccoli spears on
>the bottom of a baking pan, places slices of cold turkey over the
>broccoli, covers the whole works with white sauce and then grates fresh
>Parmesan cheese over it and bakes it at 350 F for 20-25 minutes
>
>
>I used a Google to find a more exact recipe and found dozens of recipes
>for Chicken Divine but almost everyone is different, variations with
>potato, condensed mushroom soup, nutmeg, sherry, egg yolks etc. Most of
>them call for poaching chicken breasts. It seems there is no single
>definitive recipe for this simple casserole, but the one we use is a
>dandy way to deal with left over turkey, or chicken of course. You can
>alter the amount of ingredients depending on how much leftover fowl you
>have and how many you want to serve.

I have a good, tried and true recipe for that!

Regards,
Tracy R.

Turkey Divan

1 bunch broccoli; cut in flowerets
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup flour
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 1/2 cups broth (turkey, chicken or vegetable)
1 cup Parmesan cheese; grated, divided
2 tablespoons dry white wine*
1/2 cup half and half
3/4 pound cooked turkey breast**; cut in 1/2-inch cubes

* You can use more broth in place of the wine, if you prefer. Wine's
better though. <g>

** I'm sure that, at the moment, everyone has leftover thanksgiving
turkey that probably isn't smoked; but just so you know, this is
wonderful made with smoked turkey breast!

Cut the broccoli into flowerets and steam until just barely tender;
you want it a little crisp. Preheat oven to 375F.

Melt butter over medium heat. Stir in flour and nutmeg and cook,
stirring constantly, until smooth and bubbly. Remove from heat and
gradually stir in broth. Cook until thickened, stirring constantly,
then cook one more minute. Stir in 1/2 the cheese and the wine.

Add half and half to cheese sauce; DO NOT LET IT BOIL.

In an ungreased 11x7-inch baking dish, layer hot broccoli, turkey,
cheese sauce and remaining cheese. Bake about 15 minutes to melt the
cheese.

Tracy's Note: Awesome! Absolutely delicious! I often use a piece of
smoked turkey from the deli; I just have them slice it off in a chunk
instead of slices like the normally do for sandwiches.

Serves 6.