Turkey Drumsticks

While wandering though the aisles of the local grocery store today I noticed, in the meat cooler, turkey drumsticks. Two in a package for around $2.60. I'm thinking it's a pretty good deal but I'm not sure just how I'm going to cook them. When I got home I searched a few recipes online but didn't see anything that caught my fancy. After some thought I decided to baste them with pesto.

I washed the breasts and dried them off a bit. What this really means is that I shook the excess water off. I trimmed the loose skin off then put them onto a pie plate and slathered a heaping tablespoon of bottled (store bought) pesto all over them. I put just enough water in the pan to wet the bottom and covered the whole thing snugly with tin foil. Into the oven for about 2 hours at 325 degrees F. I did not uncover them the whole time and in fact forgot they were in the oven until I could smell them.  I took them out and carefully removed the tin foil and set them to rest for 10 or 15 minutes. I had already eaten dinner so I just sampled them. Gotta say that they are more than good, in fact kind of awesome. They turned out very moist, tender and juicy with a very gentle hint of the pesto. I think if you do not have pesto you could use a salad dressing or BQ sauce and it would be fine. 

It could be eaten torn with some rice or noodles or a traditional style turkey dinner or served cold with  a chunk of dark bread, pickles and potato salad if it's too hot to cook.