Makeshift Thanksgiving

We finally had something like a Thanksgiving dinner. It was largely improvised; I'll transcribe the recipe as I made it and not as the book gave it. It was originally supposed to kebabs, and called for slices of lard in with the turkey and prunes. I didn't think that lard kebabs sounded particularly appealing, and without a grill there's not a great way to do kebabs, so I decided to ditch the lard and just put everything in a big baking dish to roast. I also decided, since I was already being unFrench by not doing my seasoning with fat and fat alone, to add some spices, It's not the best recipe in here, but it's quite respectable and it satisfied our Thanksgiving longings. You could easily put things on a stick instead of in a dish if you would prefer to do so.

Ingredients:

2 turkey breasts
24 prunes (1 small bag)
2 Tbsps honey
salt & pepper
paprika to taste (probably a teaspoon or so)
dash of ginger
olive oil

Equipment:

cutting board & knife
baking dish

Directions:

1) Cut the turkey into bite-sized cubes.
2) Mix all the ingredients in a baking dish/roasting pan and drizzle with olive oil.
3) Roast at 220*C for 20 minutes.

Suitable for baby food: Yes, if you cut it up small. Tristram loved the prunes but was ambivalent about the turkey; it's hard to chew.