Diners Drive-ins & Dives

so here I am in Cape May exit zero the last exit on the Garden State Parkway now this Shore town is known for its Victorian homes and as a great family vacation destination now right in the middle of it all on the corner Beach in Perry is a 42 year old neighborhood joint that's serving up breakfast lunch and dinner with a little Greek twist this is Georgia's place even though these days how are you good John and Pete go I'm running the joint I sit down when it's ready they're caught up on a Yoshi's brother doing what a lot of Greek families do come November over here we celebrate Thanksgiving Greek style what happens in Thanksgiving in a Greek family you'd have the turkey then we get a big leg of lamb this is your land he's giving day special for us a leg of lamb family recipe lamb here is excellent how we're gonna prepare here's to the few times thing in a jam a little garlic clove in there yep so this is old-school Greek style like land yes there we go a little salt pepper oregano give it a rub down put a little water a little bit of that steam will help expedite cooking process a little fresh oregano fresh thyme rapid boil okay we're good in the oven green a half hours 400 degrees pull it out and then take off the fuel let it brown caramelize the outside of it beautiful roasted leg of lamb let it rest a little bit just slice a little bit down for you go right on to the flat top grill No here on it well that does its thing we put our roasted red pepper and eggplant orzo just kind of like a staple starch yes there's a cheeky sauce keep Humber garlic yogurt or she made out I'm sorry snow pea shoots this is our lovely lemon the lemon oregano olive oil and red oregano okay mmm tasty dish how's about as Greek as they come that made the right way in the lemon garlic olive oil with the oregano yeah forget about does it it's all ruined oh thank you great job bro thank you very much leg of lamb house lamb lamb is awesome we've done tender lemon sauce melts in your mouth it's just so amazing chicken you know in the windows everything is pretty here you always feel good if you come here to eat like that yeah Jon always has a smile and he's been headlining here the service here any good since he took over for his father-in-law George almost eight years ago didn't realize how much I like the Greek food or John change the menu what a little more Greek influenced and put his brother feet in the kitchen he has an original touch a blend of his family's Greek recipes that it's his and years of cooking at fine-dining restaurants pick up meat go there's a smoked pig ketchup on top Peter's a special recipe and for Thanksgiving enjoy on top of the Lamb I need a turkey and he's got his own take on the American classic do you think you're getting turkey and stuffing and what you're getting is turkey confit turkey submerged in duck fat that's right where did you come up with this idea Thanksgiving came around and like what else could we do with the turkey why not turkey confit so how we start this shellfish is solved right into the food processor at all yeah just a little tarragon rosemary parsley Italian flat-leaf and what do we call this mixture that you're a green salt green salt there we go take a look at that it's like a savory snow cone awesome I am so stealing this so that green shawl right there is gonna get rubbed on the turkey breast yes it is get on and everything yep skin on go for it I don't want to put too much on there cuz then it's gonna get over salt they put this in the fridge with 2 to 3 hours wash it off with some cool water back into the fridge for 24 hours and then we go to the confit man that's correct submerge these turkey breast into duck fat - like this cross between deep-frying and poaching in the oven at 250 for three hours yes and what are we gonna serve cornbread and andouille sausage stuffing okay cornbread for the stuff cornmeal all-purpose flour baking soda baking soda and baking powder correct gives it to different leavening times sugar kosher salt little blended olive oil that's Italian olive oil what for eggs buttermilk so all of this cornbread effort is just a make form bread to make it a stuff correct house quick manis Papa five minutes pull it out let it cool and then we start make it stuff let me flip it out Oh smell that take out some pieces and just large breaks put it right onto a sheet pan back in the oven fifteen minutes yep now it's time to make the savory for the stuff and cleanse it a lil not sure if it's telling a Greek put that right in there andouille sausage cook the andouille down when I get that flavor in the oil onions celery carrots Greek oregano paprika oregano there you go all right over here I got you spot little chicken stop pull it down so when we had to get him in there real quick stir him up dude knows what he's doing and then barks cornbread they turn into full-on crouton he'll nugget OHS it's sucking all that chicken stock now we go on in another tray how long we gonna go in the oven about 20-25 minutes get it brown on the top hi Turkey brash is this break off the big piece we're just gonna get a little bit darker on the one side look at the Shred Oh Turkey it beat you beat the door hmm it's not super ducky that's not what it's cracked up to be let's get that stuff in there we go let's give it a quick slice the piece right there right on the center for a few coming off the grill right on there with it and finally cranberries a simple syrup and a little bit of honey and my trusty snow pea shoots put a spin on the classics this is definitely a turkey dinner my wild sweet temporary it's got its components of old-school with what I will say dude is the bomb dressing hmm turkey confit the turkey is just so tender tastes like it's been basting in the oven forever stuffing really adds a little bit of spiciness actually it's a nice twist I don't limp job it's always be here I know what you're doing right now you're writing this down because you're gonna go buy two gallons of duck back Thanksgiving will never be the same at your house after hanging out with this guy you

Channel: Nikolaos Goutzouris

Views: 183,949

Rating: 4.8459845 out of 5

Keywords: DDD, Thanksgivnig, George's Place, Cape May, NJ

Id: KKHzzJ4BEOA

Length: 6min 17sec (377 seconds)

Published: Mon Dec 27 2010