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Turkey and Rice Galette

The deal/challenge/whatchu macallit was to make a meal to feed two people for $5.00 or less.
If it was for a family of four $10.00 or under.
I think I pretty much got that on the nose.

I thought that I was going to go without a meat but that would bind me to certain dishes and grains
that would put me out of my budget on short notice. I only saw the challenge the other day and had a busy weekend
and couldn’t do loads of research at stores.
So the grains I know are cheap… rice. The meat I know is cheap… turkey…
They had to go together to pull this off.
I know it wasn’t going to be a serious culinary chess game with scents of rice and rosemary wrapped silverware but it
would be something a bit different and hearty for a family to get down with.

I ended up making a filling of turkey, onions and rice with a light sauce in a buckwheat galette.
It came in well under the $5.00 mark and the only complaint I received was it was a tad bit salty. That’s fine and can be remedied
with simply leaving out the splash of soy sauce at the end of my meat simmering.

I haven’t made crepes in a long time and the galette is essentially a salty savory crepe. I used olive oil to barely grease
my skillet and a bit of salt for the batter. I think lemon zest and minced garlic would be great in this batter as well.

The filling.

First I bring up my non stick skillet to heat and add in the ground lean turkey meat. I used Honeysuckle White 93/7 lean ground turkey. It was on sale for $1.97. It would be cheaper for the 80/20 but I budgeted 3 bucks so this was a steal.
When in the skillet I used some spice rack staples. Lemon Pepper, Garlic powder, Dried oregano and Dried basil and black pepper.
While that cooks I chop. I chopped 1 small white onion one small green bell pepper and like 5 cloves of garlic. I also
chopped some green onion for garnish and set aside.

The Rice ( does it really need a section)
I start the rice and let it cook as normal, one cup of water 2 cups water, splash of oil, boil reduce to low for 12 minutes.

I add the veggies and cover the meat to let them get softened about 3 minutes. I then added water and a corn starch slurry let
simmer for about 10 minutes on very low. checking and moving few times before adding a splash of soy sauce and a bit of syrup.

I mix this and the rice together and remove from heat and let sit covered while I make batter.

The Galette
The batter was very simple and quick and turned out nice. The last time I made crepes I had a gas stove and a crepe pan at
a buddies house and I was cranking them out like the peanut man at the ballpark. This time that was not the case.
the electric stove was being a bitch and the first one was straight to the trash. I think it was a sacrifice and was OK.

Galette in pan after first flip.

The second one went smooth and by number three I was back in the saddle. I had enough for 5 of these with a ton of meat mix
left over. That mix can be put to some serious left over magic. Over pasta, in a pie crust and topped with mashed potatoes,
rolled into pocket of dough for  your own hot pockets. Heated up and served with a bit of arugula and balsamic vinegar for my lunch
the next day… See, tons of things and under $5.00

Galette recipe from

http://www.ffcook.com/pages/mocrepes.htm

Ingredients :
- 250 gr [9 oz] buckwheat flour / 1 egg / 1/2 liter [17 fl oz] water /
1 teaspoon olive oil / 1 teaspoon salt

Google will help you do conversions

I figured that 30 grams is one ounce

After you pour the batter in a thin layer, give it one swirl around the lightly greased nonstick pan
and let it cook. The edges will turn up slightly and there will be solid bubbles on the surface. Then it can be flipped.
I just get a grip on the skillet, tilt it so the galette falls to the edge, but not out or over, then quick push pull and snap
to flip it. I then scoop in a bit of the mixture, three table spoons at least. I use my spatula to pull the corners up into a,
hell I guess a clover shape (???) and then cook for another few seconds to make sure it doesnt open back up on me.
I slide it to a plate. Garnish with green onion and lemon pepper. My basil leaves were bad and had to be chunked.

Fun challenge and thanks to Michelle @ http://thursdaynightsmackdown.com/ for the idea.

Galette filled with Turkey, rice onions and peppers.

Adventure Complete:
You gain meal(1), Leftovers(3), New Recipe for “spellbook” (1), 100 Gold,
and 2000 XP.

You used the following Items

9 oz buckwheat flour $1.00
1 lb ground turkey $1.97
1 large egg $0.16
1 small onion $0.50
1 green bell pepper$0.79
1 cup rice $.08
soy sauce (no cost staple)
dried seasonings (no cost staple)
spoonful of cornstarch (no cost staple)

Total $4.50

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