# Engastration

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{{short description|Cooking technique}}
[[File:Turducken quartered cross-section.jpg|thumb|The interior of a sausage-stuffed [Turducken](/source/Turducken)]]
'''Engastration''' is a [cooking technique](/source/cooking_technique) in which the remains of one animal are stuffed into another animal. The method supposedly originated during the [Middle Ages](/source/Middle_Ages).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/ltm/date/2004-11-25/segment/04|work=[CNN](/source/CNN)|title=AMERICAN MORNING: Brutal Weather on Thanksgiving; Ukraine Being Torn in Opposite Directions – Transcript|date=2004-11-25|access-date=2012-11-22|quote=The process is called engastration. That's not a very appetizing term for Thanksgiving, but an important one because basically what that means is that you're actually stuffing one animal inside the other. And that process actually probably dates back to the Middle Ages.}}</ref> Among the dishes made using the method is [turducken](/source/turducken), which involves placing chicken meat within a duck carcass within a turkey.<ref>{{cite news|last=Shott|first=Chris|url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2012/01/16/gut-reaction-red-palaces-burporken-is-one-meat-over-the-top/|title=Gut Reaction: Red Palace's 'Burporken' Is One Meat Over The Top|newspaper=[Washington City Paper](/source/Washington_City_Paper)|date=2012-01-16|accessdate=2012-11-22}}</ref> Some foods created using engastration have [stuffing](/source/stuffing) between each layer.<ref>{{cite web|last=Armstrong |first=Jeni |url=http://www.restaurantcentral.ca/Engastrationservedthreeways.aspx |title=Engastration served three (four!) ways |publisher=Restaurant Central |date=2012-11-15 |accessdate=2012-11-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130115181325/http://www.restaurantcentral.ca/Engastrationservedthreeways.aspx |archivedate=2013-01-15 }}</ref> The carcasses are normally deboned before being placed together.

==See also==
{{portal|Food}}
* [Whole stuffed camel](/source/Whole_stuffed_camel)
* [Yorkshire Christmas pie](/source/Yorkshire_Christmas_pie)

==References==
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* {{cite web|author=Come Dine With Me|url=http://www.channel4.com/4food/recipes/tv-show/come-dine-with-me-recipes/series-5/bird-within-a-bird-within-a-bird-with-chutney-and-apple-sauce-recipe|title=Bird within a bird within a bird recipe|work=[Channel 4](/source/Channel_4)|accessdate=2012-11-22}}

Category:Cooking techniques
Category:Food preparation
Category:Culinary terminology
Category:Medieval cuisine
Category:Renaissance cuisine

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