HF Cookbook - Jeweled Pot Roast Turkey...
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Donal Skehan’s Jeweled Pot Roast Turkey Breast Ingredients: Turkey • 2kg turkey breast, skin on • 50g of butter • 1 tbsp ras el hanout • 8 figs, halved • 2-3 tbsp honey • Sea salt and ground black pepper Stuffing • 50g dried apricots, finely sliced • 50g sultanas • 25g butter • 1 onion, finely chopped • 1 tbsp ras el hanout • 200g breadcrumbs • Seeds of ½ pomegranate
Transcript of HF Cookbook - Jeweled Pot Roast Turkey...
Donal Skehan’s Jeweled Pot Roast Turkey Breast
Ingredients:Turkey
• 2kgturkeybreast,skinon• 50gofbutter• 1tbspraselhanout• 8figs,halved• 2-3tbsphoney• Seasaltandgroundblackpepper
Stuffing
• 50gdriedapricots,finelysliced• 50gsultanas• 25gbutter• 1onion,finelychopped• 1tbspraselhanout• 200gbreadcrumbs• Seedsof½pomegranate
• 4garliccloves,finelychopped• Zestof1orange• Alargehandfulchoppedfreshcoriander
Gravy
• 250mldrywhitewine• 250mlofchickenstock• 1tbsphoney• 1tbspofplainflour
You'llNeed:
• Mixingbowlx2• Fryingpan• Choppingboard• Kitchenstring• Largeovalheavybasedpotwithalid
Directions:
Tomakethestuffing,placetheapricotsandsultanasinabowlandcoverwithboilingwatertosoakfor15minutes.Heatafryingpanoveramediumheatandmeltthebutter.Addintheonionsandfrygentlyfor6minutesuntilcompletelysoftened.Placetherestofthestuffingingredientsinamixingbowlandaddthecookedonions.Seasonwithseasaltandgroundblackpepperandmixuntilcompletelycombined.Setaside.
Preheattheovento200˚C/400˚F/Gasmark6.Butterflytheturkeybreastoraskyourbutchertodoitforyou.Layitflatonachoppingboardandpileonthestuffingdownthecenter.Carefully,tightlyrollitupandthenusingkitchenstringtieitin2-inchintervals.Placethestuffedandtiedbreastinalargeovalheavybasedpotwithalid.Ruballoverwithsoftbutterandseasonwithraselhanout,seasaltandgroundblackpepper.
Coverwithalidandroasttheturkeybreastinthemiddleshelfoftheovenfor1hourand20minutes(or40minutesperkg).Checkthatit’scookedbyinsertingametalskewertothecentertoseethattheskewerisveryhotandthejuicesrunclearwhenremoved.Basteregularlythroughoutthecookingtime.
15minutesbeforetheendofthecookingtime,removethelidandaddthefigsaroundtheturkeybreastanddrizzleallovertheturkeyandthefigswithhoney.
Removefromtheoven,transferthebreastandfigstoachoppingboardandallowtorestundertinfoilwhileyoupreparethegravy.Placethepotoveramediumheatandwhiskinthewhitewinetodeglazethebottom.Addinthechickenstockandreducebyhalf.Ifyouwantathickersauce,addthreetablespoonsofthegravyliquidtoasmallbowlandwhisk
togetherwith1tablespoonofplainflour.Seasonwithalittlehoneyandsomeextraraselhanouttotaste.
Whenyouhaveasmoothmixturewhiskthisbackintothegravyandbubbleawayuntilitreducesthedesiredthickness.Seasonwithseasaltandgroundblackpepper.Carefullyremovethestringfromthecookedturkeyandthencarveingenerousslices.Servewiththewarmgravy,sprinkleofpomegranate,corianderandtheChristmassidesofyourchoice.
