Apple-Rosemary Turkey Breast

Name: Apple-Rosemary Turkey Breast
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 340 grams apple juice concentrate, thawed and divided; 118 milliliters butter or margarine, melted; 59 milliliters all-purpose flour; 2 Granny Smith apples, quartered; 1 onion, quartered and divided; 2 teaspoons pepper, divided; 8 fresh rosemary sprigs; 2 fresh sage sprigs; 1 teaspoon salt; 3 kilograms bone-in turkey breast; 473 milliliters water

Apple-Rosemary Turkey Breast might be a good recipe to expand your main course recipe box. One serving contains 510 calories, 74g of protein, and 17g of fat. This recipe covers 30% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 8. If you have apple juice concentrate, water, pepper, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the pepper you could follow this main course with the Easy Peppermint Dessert as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Rinse turkey with cold water; pat dry.

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Whole Turkey

Water

Sprinkle outside of turkey and cavity with salt and 1 teaspoon pepper; stuff cavity with apple, half of onion, and 6 rosemary sprigs. Loosen skin from turkey breast without detaching it; insert remaining 2 rosemary sprigs and sage beneath skin.

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Turkey Breast

Rosemary

Pepper

Whole Turkey

Apple

Onion

Sage

Salt

Place turkey on a rack in a roasting pan.

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Whole Turkey

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Roasting Pan

Stir together 1 cup apple juice concentrate and butter. Attach needle to marinade injector, and fill with apple juice concentrate mixture according to directions. Inject marinade into turkey breast several times.

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Apple Juice Concentrate

Turkey Breast

Marinade

Butter

Bake at 350 for 1 1/2 hours; cover and bake 1 more hour or until meat thermometer registers 17

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Meat

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Kitchen Thermometer

Oven

Remove turkey from pan, reserving 1/2 cup drippings. Cool.

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Whole Turkey

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Frying Pan

Remove onion, apple, and rosemary from cavity, and discard; wrap turkey in plastic wrap, them aluminum foil. Chill 8 hours.

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Rosemary

Whole Turkey

Apple

Onion

Wrap

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Aluminum Foil

Plastic Wrap

Bring 2 cups water, remaining apple juice concentrate, and remaining half of onion to a boil in a saucepan; boil 15 minutes.

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Apple Juice Concentrate

Onion

Water

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Sauce Pan

Pour through a wire-mesh strainer into a measuring cup, discarding solids.

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Measuring Cup

Sieve

Heat reserved drippings in a heavy saucepan over medium heat; whisk in flour until smooth. Cook, whisking constantly, 1 minute. Gradually add apple juice mixture, whisking constantly. Cook, whisking constantly, until thickened. Stir in remaining 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Chill 8 hours.

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Apple Juice

Pepper

All Purpose Flour