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Stuffed Turkey Breast with Pesto Sauce
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Stuffed Turkey Breast with Pesto Sauce

Recipes »  Main Dish  »  Poultry - Turkey

Succulent and sure to satisfy

Yield: 16 Ready in 45 minutes

Cuisine: AmericanMain Ingredient: Turkey

(3.3, 3) 67% would make again (reviews)

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Servings          
Original recipe makes 16
4 poundsTURKEY BREAST; boning instructions defined below, (up to 6)
1 RecipePesto sauce
1 RecipeSmoked Sausage Stuffing
Glaze
1/4 Cuporange marmalade
1 TablespoonMargarine
1 TeaspoonGround ginger

Stuffed Turkey Breast with Pesto Sauce Preparation

Prep:

1. Follow step-by-step method to bone turkey breast. Use fresh, thawed or partially thawed turkey breast and a sharp boning knife. Cut membrane between skin and turkey. Pull off skin. Starting at neck cavity, cut along top edge of breast bone. Cover and refrigerate until ready to stuff.

2. Prepare recipes for Pesto Sauce and Smoked Sausage Stuffing

Remove turkey from refrigerator and spread back of breast to open breast flat. Spoon stuffing over each breast half and down center. Bring breast sides together to encase stuffing; fasten with skewers.

Glaze:

1. In a small bowl, combine marmalade, margarine and ginger. Use as a bsting sauce. Reserve for basting during last 30 minutes of roasting time.

Roasting:

1. In an 11x9x1 inch roasting pan, place breast, skewered side down, on a rack. Roast in a preheated 325 degree F oven for 2 to 2-1/2 hours or until breast reaches 170 degrees F. Brush with glaze 2 to 3 times during last 30 minutes of roasting time.

Service:

1. To serve, slice turkey breast across roll and offer additional pesto sauce with each serving.

Notes

Republished with permission, National Turkey Federation

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Calories Per Serving: 138
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Stuffed Turkey Breast with Pesto Sauce Reviews

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1 years, 3 months, 1 weeks, 4 hours, 43 minutes ago
Pesto has a million uses. nice recipe.
3 years, 2 months, 1 weeks, 8 hours, 37 minutes ago
Republished with permission, National Turkey Federation
[I posted this recipe.]
7 years, 8 months, 2 weeks, 3 days, 10 hours, 40 minutes ago

Tags

  1. Winter
  2. Summer
  3. Spring
  4. Fall
  5. Bake
  6. Advance
  7. Main Dish
  8. American
  9. Turkey
  10. Dinner

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