Homemade turkey ham

8 servings
8 hours

An easy way to make the healthiest homemade turkey ham. Garlic is not used in this recipe - after all, ham is a rather neutral product, especially from tender turkey meat. It can be used for breakfast for a child or added to salads, for hot serving with a side dish, or as an addition to breakfast or lunch.

How do I make ham out of turkey? Take turkey fillet in a whole piece, the fresher the better. Dry spices can pick up your own, ready-made mixed mixtures for poultry are suitable. Vegetable oil - any, but odorless. If there is a desire, you can bake completely in the sleeve or foil, but such a turkey will be good without these devices. I just cover it with foil on top - you choose your preferred option.

Wash the turkey fillet well, be sure to wet it with a paper towel to dryness. Cut all films and tendons from the meat, if any. Then rub the fillet with salt, rubbing it well into the surface of the meat. Rub with ground paprika as well.

Rub the meat with poultry seasonings if using them. As well as ground pepper, if you want to add spiciness to your ham.

Transfer the turkey meat grated with salt and spices to a food bag and send it to the refrigerator for 5-12 hours - the longer it will marinate, the more delicate and aromatic it will turn out in the end. Once time has elapsed, place the turkey fillet in a vegetable oil-greased baking dish, cover on top with foil and place in an oven heated to 200-250 degrees for 20-35 minutes. Determine the exact time and temperature of baking by your oven.

Then remove the foil and brown the meat surface a little. When the oven turns off, do not remove the ham from the oven, but leave to cool for 2 hours in the oven. In addition to meat, you will get delicious turkey juice, which can be added to the soup or used to make a sauce. After 2 hours, remove the turkey from the oven. You can additionally send it under the press, putting it in a cling film or plastic bag. But the ham is already dense.