turducken??? urg! maybe not :(

Have you looked for HOW TO videos on You Tube?

 

It seems overly complicated to me. A show-off rather than a gourmet taste.

The only benefit I can think of is that all the fat from the duck will baste the turkey meat.

But you can get a nice moist turkey breast by roasting the turkey breast side down and then turning it breast side up to brown.

If you want the show-off factor, You could get the same effect by just breasting out. Split the turkey breast and stuff it with the chicken breast and the duck breast and tie it with butcher's string. Then the remainder of the birds could either be cooked separately or saved for another meal.

 

You could try a Roulade.

Use the breast meat of each, pounded out slightly. Layer turkey, duck, chicken, and then a filling of herbs and stuffing (some nice bits of the asst. livers), tie it with twine, sear it and cook it in a little stock & wine (in a covered pot in the oven) until the internal temp is 165.
If you are using fresh, homegrown ingredients, and don't over season things, you will be able to taste the different meats. It is still a huge amount of food, and your husband can have the experience.

I'd say though - go for the "turducken". Why not? If you don't do "well" when you break down the birds just do a roulade and make stew with the rest.
I think all adventures in the kitchen are valuable experiences. Worst case scenario is you have grilled cheese for dinner and a funny story to tell someday.

 

Check this out...It doesn't look hard just time consuming. I have de-boned a chicken before for an Italian dish I was making once and it wasn't hard. If you give yourself plenty of time...say de-bone one bird a day before assembly... I don't think you would have any problem.


http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Turducken

 

Turducken is on my "list" of things i have to try someday...
Do it and let us know how it is...

 

My DH and I made one back in '05 when we first started dating. We had a lot more time and energy then! It was a lot of fun and tasted pretty good. Every
one still talks about it too! I wouldn't do it again but it was fun to try once. The hardest part was boning the duck, we ended up with only a few pieces that weren't attached to each other, lol. The turkey and the chicken weren't too bad. I found some directions online somewhere.