Bacon-Wrapped Turkey Breast With Cornbread Stuffing

Name: Bacon-Wrapped Turkey Breast With Cornbread Stuffing
Prep time: 3 h
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 680 grams 24 slices bacon (about; 1 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 113 grams breakfast sausage; 2 Tbsps butter; 79 milliliters finely chopped celery (about 1 small stalk); 118 milliliters chicken stock; 710 milliliters crumbled cornbread; 8 servings Type of fire: two-zone indirect; 2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh sage leaves; 1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh thyme; 79 milliliters peeled and finely chopped Granny Smith apple (about 1/2 an apple); 1 medium Grill heat; 1 teaspoon Kosher salt; 2 skinless, boneless turkey breasts; 2 liters ice cold water; 59 milliliters white sugar; 118 milliliters finely chopped yellow onion (about 1 small onion)

Bacon-Wrapped Turkey Breast With Cornbread Stuffing might be just the Southern recipe you are searching for. This recipe serves 8. This main course has 817 calories, 64g of protein, and 52g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 29% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Thanksgiving will be even more special with this recipe. If you have grill heat, celery, granny smith apple, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the bacon you could follow this main course with the Blueberry Buckle as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 3 hours.

Instructions

Combine water, salt, and sugar in a large bowl and whisk to dissolve. Submerge turkey breasts in brine and place in refrigerator for 1 hour.

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Turkey Breast

Brine

Sugar

Water

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

To make the stuffing: While turkey is brining, melt butter in a medium skillet over medium heat. When foaming subsides, add in sausage and cook until browned, about 5 minutes.

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Stuffing

Sausage

Butter

Whole Turkey

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Frying Pan

Add in onions, celery, and apple and cook until softened, about 5 to 7 minutes, stirring occasionally.

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Celery

Onion

Apple

Place sausage mixture in a large bowl along with cornbread, chicken stock, sage, 1 teaspoon of salt, and black pepper.

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Chicken Stock

Black Pepper

Cornbread

Sausage

Sage

Salt

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Bowl

Mix to thoroughly combine.

Create a bacon weave by laying 6 strip of bacon out horizontally side by side. Interlace 6 more pieces of bacon vertically with horizontal bacon, as you would making a lattice-top pie. Repeat with remaining 12 slices of bacon to make a second weave.

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Bacon

Remove turkey breasts from brine and pat dry with paper towels. Butterfly turkey breasts open and pound out to a square of even thickness.

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Turkey Breast

Brine

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Paper Towels

Lay each breast on one bacon weave.

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Bacon

Spread half of the stuffing in an even thickness over each of the breasts, leaving about 1/2 an inch edge with no stuffing.

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Stuffing

Spread

Roll tightly into a cylinder with bacon on the outside. Wrap turkey rolls tightly in plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator to firm up, about 1 hour to overnight.

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Whole Turkey

Bacon

Roll

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Light one chimney full of charcoal. When all the charcoal is lit and covered with gray ash, pour out and arrange the coals on one side of the charcoal grate. Set cooking grate in place, cover grill and allow to preheat for 5 minutes. Clean and oil the grilling grate.

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Cooking Oil

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Grill

Place turkey rolls on cool side of grill, cover, and cook until an instant read thermometer reads 150°F degrees when inserted into the thickest part of the turkey. If bacon has not colored or crisped sufficiently, quickly sear over hot side of grill until desired doneness.

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Whole Turkey

Bacon

Roll

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Kitchen Thermometer

Grill

Remove from grill and let rest for 15 minutes.

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Grill

Cut turkey into 3/4-inch slices and serve immediately.

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Whole Turkey

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Servings:

680grams

24 slices bacon (about 1teaspoons

freshly ground black pepper 113grams

breakfast sausage 2Tbsps

butter 79milliliters

finely chopped celery (about 1 small stalk)118milliliters

chicken stock 710milliliters

crumbled cornbread 8servings

Type of fire: two-zone indirect 2teaspoons

finely chopped fresh sage leaves 1teaspoon

finely chopped fresh thyme 79milliliters

peeled and finely chopped Granny Smith apple (about 1/2 an apple)1medium

Grill heat 1teaspoon

Kosher salt 2

skinless, boneless turkey breasts 2liters

ice cold water 59milliliters

white sugar 118milliliters

finely chopped yellow onion (about 1 small onion)

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern works really well with Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. The Schlossgut Diel Nahe Riesling Kabinett with a 4.2 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 23 dollars per bottle.