Roasted Turkey Breast With Corn Bread Sage Stuffing And Brandy Gravy Food

ROAST TURKEY BREAST WITH GRAVY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• Rub the turkey all over with the butter, including the cavity of the breast. Season generously with salt and pepper. Scatter the vegetables on the bottom of a roasting pan just large enough to hold the turkey. Set the turkey breast-side up in the pan. Roast until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the roast registers 160 degrees F, 2 to 2 1/2 hours.
• Transfer the turkey to a cutting board and tent loosely with foil for 30 minutes. (The breast temperature will continue to rise to 170 degrees F as it rests.)
• Pour any pan drippings into a fat separator or small bowl. Reserve 3 tablespoons of the fat; discard the rest or the fat. Add the pan juices to the broth. Add the reserved fat to the roasting pan and place on a burner over medium-high heat. Scrape up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Stir in the flour and cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Whisk in the broth and continue to stir. Bring to a boil and cook until thickened, about 3 minutes. Strain the gravy, discarding the vegetables, and season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Carve the breast and serve with the gravy.

ROASTED TURKEY BREAST WITH CORN BREAD-SAGE STUFFING AND BRANDY GRAVY

Steps:

• Make stuffing:
• Preheat oven to 425°F and grease 9-by 13-inch roasting pan.
• In large skillet over moderately high heat, melt butter. Add onion, celery, garlic, nutmeg, pepper, and bay leaf, and sauté until vegetables soften, 5 to 6 minutes. Stir in sage and cook 30 seconds more. Stir in stock and simmer, uncovered, until liquid is reduced by half, about 3 minutes.
• Put corn bread in large bowl and pour vegetables over. Toss to mix well. Add eggs and stir to combine.
• Make turkey:
• Rinse breast halves and pat dry. Season generously with kosher or coarse sea salt and freshly ground pepper, and rub all over with olive oil.
• Mound stuffing in center of roasting pan and arrange turkey on top, making sure breast halves aren't touching. Roast until thermometer inserted into thickest part of turkey (do not touch bone) registers 170°F and juices run clear when pierced with fork, 45 to 55 minutes.
• Make gravy while turkey is roasting:
• In small saucepan over moderately high heat, combine demi-glace, 1/2 cup water, and brandy. Bring to boil, stirring until smooth. Stir in butter, reduce heat, and simmer uncovered, stirring often, until gravy thickens, about 1 minute. Stir in cream and season with freshly ground pepper. Serve hot, over turkey and stuffing.

OVEN-ROASTED TURKEY BREAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Mix 1/4 cup butter, garlic, paprika, Italian seasoning, garlic and herb seasoning, salt, and black pepper in a bowl. Place turkey breast with skin side up into a roasting pan. Loosen skin with your fingers; brush half the butter mixture over the turkey breast and underneath the skin. Reserve remaining butter mixture. Tent turkey breast loosely with aluminum foil.
• Roast in the preheated oven for 1 hour; baste turkey breast with remaining butter mixture. Return to oven and roast until the juices run clear and an instant-read meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the breast, not touching bone, reads 165 degrees F (65 degrees C), about 30 more minutes. Let turkey breast rest 10 to 15 minutes before serving.
• While turkey is resting, transfer pan drippings to a skillet. Skim off excess grease, leaving about 1 tablespoon in skillet. Place skillet over low heat; cook and stir shallot in turkey grease until opaque, about 5 minutes. Melt 1 tablespoon butter in skillet with shallot and whisk in white wine, scraping any browned bits of food from skillet. Whisk in chicken stock and flour until smooth. Bring to a simmer, whisking constantly, until thickened. For a creamier, lighter gravy, whisk in half-and-half.

ROAST TURKEY WITH STUFFING AND GRAVY

Steps:

• In a non-stick skillet, cook bacon until crisp. Remove bacon to paper towels to drain. Allow bacon to cool and crumble. Add onions and celery to bacon fat and cook until tender. Stir in mushrooms and cook until golden. Stir in seasonings. Remove skillet from heat and let cool.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Soak 3 cups stuffing croutons in water. Squeeze out water from croutons so that they are moist but not soggy. In a large bowl, combine dry and moist croutons with onion mushroom mixture. Mix in eggs and moisten with water if necessary. Fill cavity of turkey with stuffing. Cover opening of cavity with foil. Tuck wings under turkey. Make a small slit in neck skin and tuck legs through slit to secure. Transfer leftover stuffing to a baking dish, cover with foil and bake alongside turkey. (This may need to be moistened.) Place stuffed turkey in roasting pan. Rub turkey with butter and season. Roast uncovered for 30 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees and continue roasting for approximately 3 hours or 15 to 20 minutes per pound. Baste the turkey with its drippings occasionally as it cooks. Turkey is done when pricked with a knife on the thigh the juices run clear. When turkey is done, transfer to a cutting board and cover with foil. Allow turkey to rest so that juices can be reabsorbed. Place roasting pan over medium high heat. Skim off excess fat with a spoon and reserve in a bowl. Add 3 cups hot chicken stock and bring to a simmer. Using a wooden spoon, scrape up brown bits stuck to bottom of pan. In a small dish, combine into a paste 3 tablespoons flour with 3 tablespoons of reserved fat. Whisk flour mixture into simmering gravy. Season with salt and pepper.

MAPLE-ROASTED TURKEY, SMOKY SAGE CORNBREAD STUFFING & GRAVY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and remove the top rack.
• Combine the butter and sage in a mixing bowl, mash with a fork or spoon until the sage is well incorporated and the butter has flecks of green in it; season with salt and pepper.
• In a saute pan, melt 4 tablespoons of the sage butter, add the onions, cook and stir for 15 minutes until soft and golden.
• Remove from heat.
• Put the cornbread in a large mixing bowl and scrape the sauteed onion mixture on top.
• Add the egg, heavy cream, and just enough chicken stock to moisten the stuffing without making it soggy (about 1/2 cup.) Toss well to combine, season with salt and pepper.
• Remove the neck and gizzards from the inside of the turkey and reserve.
• Rinse the bird thoroughly inside and out with cold water, pat dry.
• Sprinkle the cavity and skin liberally with salt and pepper.
• Using your fingers, gently lift the skin from the breast and legs, and slip pieces of the sage butter underneath; massaging it in as you go.
• Fill the bird with the cornbread stuffing without packing too tightly; cook the remaining stuffing separately in a buttered baking dish.
• Truss the turkey; place it on a rack in a large roasting pan, and put into the oven.
• Add reserved giblets and crushed garlic to small pan with 3 cups of water, cover and simmer for 3 hours.
• Meanwhile, in a small mixing bowl, whisk together the maple syrup and hot water to thin the glaze out a bit; use this to baste the turkey every 30 minutes.
• The turkey should take about 3 hours to cook (i. e. 15 to 20 minutes per pound.) If the legs or breast brown too quickly, cover with foil.
• About 2 hours into cooking, lay the strips of bacon over the turkey breast to cover; Bake remaining stuffing in casserole dish and continue to roast and baste turkey for another hour or so.
• The turkey is done when an instant-read thermometer inserted into the meatiest part of the thigh registers 170 degrees F (the thigh juices will also run clear when pricked with a knife.).
• Transfer the turkey to a platter and let rest for 20 minutes before carving, so the juices can settle back into the meat.
• Skim off the excess fat from the pan drippings with a spoon and place the roasting pan over 2 burners set on medium-high heat.
• Using a wooden spoon, scrape up brown bits stuck to bottom of pan.
• Whisk the flour into the drippings, stirring as it thickens to prevent lumps.
• Remove giblets from small pan and discard (we usually feed them to our cats for their thanksgiving day feast) and add turkey stock to flour mixture and heat until just under the boiling point and gravy thickens.
• Strain to remove any particles.
• Serve the gravy with the maple-roasted turkey and cornbread stuffing.

ROAST TURKEY WITH CORNBREAD STUFFING

Steps:

• TO MAKE CORNBREAD:
• In large bowl, stir together flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• In separate bowl, whisk together eggs, buttermilk and butter, pour over dry ingredients, stirring just until moistened.
• Spoon into greased 13-x 9-inch cake pan. Baking this corn bread in a 13- x 9-inch cake pan makes it easy to cut into cubes for turkey s tuffing.
• Bake in center of 375°F oven for 30 to 40 minutes or until bread is golden brown on top and tester inserted in center comes out clean.
• Let bread cool in pan on rack for 5 minutes. Turn out onto rack and let cool completely. (Loaf can he wrapped in plastic wrap, overwrapped in foil and frozen for up to 1 week; let thaw in refrigerator for 24 hours before using.)
• TO MAKE ROAST TURKEY WITH CORNBREAD STUFFING:.
• In large skillet, melt butter over medium-high heat; cook celery, onions, red and green peppers, garlic, sage, oregano, coriander, chili powder and salt, stirring often, for 10 minutes or until onions are softened.
• Meanwhile, cut corn bread into small cubes (you should have about 18 cups); place in large bowl.
• Add vegetable mixture; toss to combine. (Stuffing can be prepared to this point, cooled, covered and refrigerated for up to 1 day.) Drizzle with stock, tossing to moisten.
• Remove giblets and neck from turkey.
• Rinse turkey under cold water; pat dry inside and out. Fill body cavity loosely with stuffing; skewer opening closed.
• Repeat with neck cavity; fold neck skin over stuffing and skewer to back.
• (wrap remaining stuffing in foil; set aside in refrigerator).
• Tie legs together with kitchen string. Twist wings backward under back.
• Place turkey, breast side up, on greased rack in roasting pan.
• Blend together butter, sage, oregano and pepper; rub over turkey.
• Tent loosely with foil, dull side out, leaving sides open.
• Roast turkey in 325°F oven, basting every 30 minutes, for 3-1/2 hours.
• Remove foil.
• Place reserved wrapped stuffing in oven alongside pan.
• Roast, basting turkey once or twice and opening packet of stuffing for last 10 minutes of cooking, for 45 to 60 minutes longer or until meat thermometer inserted into thickest part of thigh registers 180°F and juices run clear when turkey is pierced.
• Transfer to large warmed platter; tent with foil and let stand for 20 minutes before carving.
• TO MAKE GRAVY:
• Meanwhile, skim off fat in roasting pan. Using wooden spoon, stir flour into pan; cook, stirring, over medium heat for 1 minute. Gradually whisk in stock and wine. Add salt and pepper; bring to boil, stirring to scrape up brown bits from bottom of pan.
• Reduce heat and simmer, stirring often, for about 5 minutes.
• Strain into warmed gravy boat. akes 8 servings (with enough left over for 8 more servings).
• TIP: To thaw frozen turkey, let thaw in original wrapper on tray in refrigerator for 5 hours per pound. Or cover turkey (in original wrapper) with cold water, changing water occasionally, for 1 hour per pound.
• Contributor: Canadian Living Yield: 8 servings.

BARDED TURKEY WITH CORN BREAD STUFFING

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook sausage and onion until meat is no longer pink; drain. Transfer to a large bowl; add the stuffing, apples, raisins, butter, poultry seasoning and pepper flakes. Add broth; toss to combine., Just before baking, loosely stuff turkey. Skewer turkey openings; tie drumsticks together. Place breast side up on a rack in a roasting pan. Place several bacon strips over the turkey. , Bake, uncovered, at 325° for 1 hour; replace bacon with new bacon strips (discard cooked bacon or save for another use). Bake 3-1/2 to 4 hours longer or until a thermometer reads 165° when inserted in center of stuffing and the thigh reaches at least 170°, replacing bacon each hour and basting occasionally with pan drippings. (Cover loosely with foil if turkey browns too quickly.), Cover turkey and let stand for 20 minutes before removing stuffing and carving. Remove bacon strips before serving.