Fantastic dish from Turkey, served one sheeps head per person. No appetizer needed for this dish. Serve as any evening date

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Name: Stuffed Sheeps Head
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 2 EA SHEEPS HEAD Cleaned and ready to cook; 1 Medium Yellow Onion Chopped small; 4 Strips Bacon Chopped rough in 1 inch pieces; 1 Cup Breadcrumbs Torn, not cut; 2 TS Fresh Parsley Chopped fine; 4 Cloves Garlic Peeled Chopped Fine; 2 TS Lemon Slice one thin, and one to squeeze; 4 Ea Eggs Hardboiled; 1 TB Balsamic Vineger "Stain for eyeballs"; 6 Potatoes Raw Salted; 2 leaves Romanian Salad Peppered; 1 Cup Turkey Stock Can be Chicken or Beef Stock

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INGREDIENTS

2 EA SHEEPS HEAD ; Cleaned and ready to cook
1 Medium Yellow Onion ; Chopped small
4 Strips Bacon ; Chopped rough in 1 inch pieces
1 Cup Breadcrumbs ; Torn, not cut
2 TS Fresh Parsley ; Chopped fine
4 Cloves Garlic ; Peeled Chopped Fine
2 TS Lemon ; Slice one thin, and one to squeeze
4 Ea Eggs ; Hardboiled
1 TB Balsamic Vineger ; "Stain for eyeballs"
6 Potatoes Raw ; Salted
2 leaves Romanian Salad ; Peppered
1 Cup Turkey Stock ; Can be Chicken or Beef Stock

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INSTRUCTIONS

Turn oven on to 425

Place Sheep heads directly on a metal pan, drizzle liberally oil with olive oil. Do not remove any meats, fats, brain, eyes* or teeth. Pluck any extraneous whiskers or wool from head. If you have any optional pieces of sheep meat.. place delicately in sheep head along with prepped Sheep Head Stuffing. Place heavily pricked whole potatoes, directly on pan around the head...

(Stuff hard boiled eyes into Sheep Eye sockets IF the head do not come with sockets after cooking or if eye shrinks into orbits.)

COOKING:

Cook in oven for at 425 for 25 minutes.

After 25 minutes lower oven to 325 for 1 1/2 hours, loosely cover with foil.

Remove.. let rest for 20 minutes

NOTES

Could be drizzled with bbq or sweet sauces

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Stuffed Sheeps Head

2 EA SHEEPS HEAD Cleaned and ready to cook
1 Medium Yellow Onion Chopped small
4 Strips Bacon Chopped rough in 1 inch pieces
1 Cup Breadcrumbs Torn, not cut
2 TS Fresh Parsley Chopped fine
4 Cloves Garlic Peeled Chopped Fine
2 TS Lemon Slice one thin, and one to squeeze
4 Ea Eggs Hardboiled
1 TB Balsamic Vineger "Stain for eyeballs"
6 Potatoes Raw Salted
2 leaves Romanian Salad Peppered
1 Cup Turkey Stock Can be Chicken or Beef Stock

Turn oven on to 425

The stuffing is mixed together in a separate pan.  Be sure to completely stuff the underside of head.  The head is kind of heavy so there will be no need to tie the head.  However if you choose to twine tie the head..do so that that the jaw and eyes are not interfered with forks during dining.
Place Sheep heads directly on a metal pan, drizzle liberally oil with olive oil.  Do not remove any meats, fats, brain, eyes* or teeth.  Pluck any extraneous whiskers or wool from head.   If you have any optional pieces of sheep meat.. place delicately in sheep head along with prepped Sheep Head Stuffing.   Place heavily pricked whole potatoes, directly on pan around the head...

(Stuff hard boiled eyes into Sheep Eye sockets IF the head do not come with sockets after cooking or if eye shrinks into orbits.)

COOKING: 
Cook in oven for at 425 for 25 minutes.  
After 25 minutes lower oven to 325 for 1 1/2 hours, loosely cover with foil. 
Remove.. let rest for 20 minutes

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Serving Size: 1 Serving (855g)
Recipe Makes: 2 Servings

Calories: 1489
Calories from Fat: 742 (50%)

Amt Per Serving		% DV

	Total Fat 82.4g	110 %
	Saturated Fat 25.7g	128 %
	Monounsaturated Fat 32.1g
	Polyunsanturated Fat 12.2g
Cholesterol 2156.7mg		664 %
Sodium 2162mg		75 %
Potassium 1250.1mg		33 %
Total Carbohydrate 96.8g		28 %
	Dietary Fiber 6.4g	25 %
	Sugars, other 90.4g
Protein 88.5g		126 %
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Calories per serving: 1489

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