Turkey Breast with Sausage-Apricot Stuffing
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Serve for Thanksgiving dinner with Sweet Potatoes with Apples, Caramelized Onion Relish, and Maple Pecan Cornbread
"I made the stuffing today to get a feel for the overall flavors, they are truly fantastic as MinnaPepina said. The pecans are the best bit; they will give the turkey an incredible tenderness due to their natural oils. Wonderful recipe, Thank You! It is going to be a hit on Thursday to be sure. I am going to double the ingredients and use a whole turkey instead however, we like dark meat too!" - Omnivorous_KnidYield: 8 Servings Ready in 3 hours
Cuisine: AmericanMain Ingredient: Turkey
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Notes Turkey Breast with Sausage-Apricot Stuffing Preparation
Heat oven to 350F. Brown sausage in 10-inch skillet over medium heat; drain off fat.
Stir together browned sausage and all remaining ingredients except turkey breast and 3 tablespoons butter in large bowl. Gently loosen skin from turkey in neck area to make large area to stuff. Stuff with sausage mixture; secure skin flap with toothpicks.
Place remaining sausage mixture in 1-quart covered casserole; refrigerate. During last 30 minutes of turkey breast baking time, bake remaining stuffing for 25 to 30 minutes or until heated through. Place stuffed turkey breast, breast-side up, on rack in roasting pan. Brush with 3 tablespoons melted butter.
Bake, basting occasionally, for 2 to 2 1/2 hours or until meat thermometer reaches 170 to 175?F and turkey breast is no longer pink. Let stand 10 minutes.
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See Maple Pecan Corn Bread recipe to use instead of dried bread crumbs; make cornbread a day in advance for dry crumbs.
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Make it a double helping for those cornbread lovers, my roomie looked so sad the year I made only enough for the stuffing =P - 
Firebyrd
I recommend pairing it (i.e., SIMULTANEOUSLY) with this recipe
People would complain if I didn't make it along with this recipe! - Firebyrd
I recommend pairing it (i.e., SIMULTANEOUSLY) with this recipe
Tastes great as a topping (So what there's stuffing, a Thanksgiving plates' gotta be LOADED!) - Firebyrd
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I made the stuffing today to get a feel for the overall flavors, they are truly fantastic as MinnaPepina said. The pecans are the best bit; they will give the turkey an incredible tenderness due to their natural oils. Wonderful recipe, Thank You! It is going to be a hit on Thursday to be sure. I am going to double the ingredients and use a whole turkey instead however, we like dark meat too!
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Gave this a test run today...FANTASTIC! This eill be on the menue for sure, I loved the rich flavor the pecans & apricots gave to the meat! Very innovative, thank you!
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