Wednesday, December 26, 2012

pressure canning the leftover turkey

I was given a small pressure cannier for Christmas I've wanted one for along time and I spent the holidays with family so I was able to use there stove today and make turkey stock I am almost out of chicken stock at home so when I asked if I could use the Turkey bones to make stock I was so happy when they said yes I have made stock before but never canned it as I've only water bathed canned before we had two turkeys one we ate more meat off of then the other I didn't get a picture of the first one I did the one that had more eaten off of then the other but here is the picture of the second turkey

 
Before
 
 
then I stripped it of most of its meat and there was quite a bit of meat we didnt eat last night
 
then I put the bones in the pot
 
 
then I put in 3 carrots, 3 celery stocks and one onion
 
one of the celery stacks had gone soft in the middle
 
so I just cut it out
 
then I cut up the celery
 
then the carrots
 
and last the onion they always make me cry
 
I left the skin on as I had read it adds a nice colour and then threw all the veggies in the pot
 
and then I added some dried parsley and thyme I didnt measure it just put quite a bit in
 
this is what it looked like
 
then put it on the stove with the other pot and am letting it cook for 4 hours on brought it too a boil on high and then lowered it to low medium
 
 
 its all cooked down
 
and then I strained it a little at a time to make it more manageable
 
yummy broth
 
and then the bones, meat and veggies need to be sorted out and I'm keeping the meat and veggies to can those as well
 
and then it went into the jars and then one at a time into the pot my pressure cannier is small but I still love it
 
this is the end product of canned turkey broth
this is the first pressure canned item I have ever made
 
and just the bones are left to throw away I feed the meat I didnt want to eat too the dogs