Chef Peter’s Roasted Turkey Breast is an elegant dish for holiday entertaining. Wrapped with slices of pancetta or bacon, and stuffing studded with corn, apple and cranberries, this turkey breast is flavourful, moist and makes a beautiful presentation to the dinner table.
Recipe from Chef Peter Jovetic – host of Lindo’s Seasoned to Taste television series.
Ingredients:
25g butter
1 tbs olive oil
2 large onions, diced
140g pancetta cubes or bacon
50g cranberries
50g corn
4 garlic cloves
25g sage leaves
1 apple, diced
flat leaf parsley
100 g coarse white breadcrumbs
1 egg
1 turkey breast or crown
Directions:
Stuffing: Heat butter and oil in a large frying pan add sliced onion for 10 minutes. Tip into a bowl. Add the pancetta or bacon to the pan, fry for 5 minutes until golden. Add sage and lemon zest, stir in parsley. Tip into the bowl with the onions, corn, apple and cranberries; bind with breadcrumbs, egg and seasoning.
Turkey: Butter and season a sheet of turkey foil (50 x 60 cm), lay 5 long pieces of string on the foil like rungs of a ladder, layer the bacon over the middle of the foil on top of the string. Open out the butterflied breast of turkey on top of the bacon, skin side down. Season, press the stuffing along the middle of the turkey breast. Pull up the sides of the foil at one end, tuck in the short end, tie the string so that the stuffing is encased. Repeat with all the strings. Wrap the foil tightly, turn the foil over so that the bacon is on the top.
Heat oven to 350°F. Put the breast in a roasting pan and estimate 20 minutes to the pound. Use a thermometer so that the thickest part of the meat comes to 165°F.
Unwrap for the last 10 minutes to brown. Put joint on a board to rest covered for at least 10 minutes.
For the gravy, put the roasting pan on the hob, add a splash of wine and any juices. Reduce, then add stock and repeat, add cream and bubble to a slightly reduced sauce. Season to taste and stir.
Seasoned to Taste – Hosted by Chef Peter Jovetic
An exclusive presentation of Lindo’s Group of Companies
As broadcast on VSB TV11 on December 24th, 2013