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Family-Style Holiday Poutine

Family-Style Holiday Poutine
Prep Time
20 min
Cook Time
50 min
Yields
10 - 15 servings

All of the best parts of a festive turkey dinner combine to make a Canadian classic, poutine. Instead of deep-frying, sweet potatoes are roasted in a hot oven, acting as a crispy, colourful bed for a quick homemade gravy and cranberry sauce, along with cooked turkey and the requisite cheese curds. Make this poutine the day after a holiday feast and employ your leftovers for a speedier version of this family-style appetizer.

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ingredients

Sweet Potato Fries

2
large sweet potatoes, skin intact, cut lengthwise into ½-inch strips or wedges
2
Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
½
tsp salt

Cranberry Sauce (or 1/2 cup prepared cranberry sauce)

1
cup fresh or frozen cranberries
¼
cup orange juice
2
Tbsp maple syrup

Toppings & Assembly

200
g cheese curds
8
oz cooked smoked or roasted turkey meat (not deli meat), shredded
1
Tbsp chopped fresh rosemary, plus whole fresh rosemary twigs to garnish
2
cups store-bought gravy, heated
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directions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 425ºF.

Step 2

On a large baking sheet, toss all sweet potato ingredients until sweet potatoes are evenly coated.

Step 3

Roast for 30 to 35 minutes until potatoes are tender when pierced with a fork and beginning to brown on the bottom.

Step 4

In a medium skillet or small saucepan, bring all cranberry sauce ingredients to a boil. Reduce to medium low. Cook, uncovered, for 5 to 10 minutes, until liquid has reduced and cranberries are burst. Remove from heat, mash cranberries with a fork until desired texture is reached. Set aside.

Step 5

On a warm platter or in a warmed cast-iron skillet (for presentation only), add a bed of fries. Top with cheese curds and turkey. Ladle over gravy (use as much as you prefer; there may be extra), followed by cranberry sauce and chopped rosemary. Garnish with a rosemary twig and serve immediately.

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