Turkey: Citrus & Herb Turkey
Source of Recipe
fooddownunder.com
List of Ingredients
1 bone-in turkey breast - (7 1/2 lbs)
(original recipe calls for 1 tsp salt)
1 tsp freshly-ground black pepper
1 tbl butter or margarine softened (note: may wish to decrease or omit)
3 tbl chopped fresh rosemary
3 tbl chopped fresh sage
2 oranges thinly sliced
2 lemons thinly sliced
Vegetable cooking spray as needed
1 lrg onion quartered
3 cup Riesling
Cranberry Salsa (see recipe)Recipe
* Sprinkle turkey breast evenly with (salt and) pepper.
* Stir together butter, rosemary, and sage. Loosen skin from turkey without detaching it; spread butter mixture under skin. Arrange one-fourth of orange and lemon slices over butter mixture. Gently pull skin over fruit. Coat with cooking spray.
* Place turkey in an aluminum foil-lined baking pan coated with cooking spray. Place onion and remaining orange and lemon slices in pan. Drizzle with wine.
* Bake at 325 degrees for 2 hours and 15 minutes or until a meat thermometer inserted in thickest portion registers 170 degrees, basting every 30 minutes. Cover loosely with aluminum foil coated with cooking spray to prevent excessive browning after 1 hour and 30 minutes, if necessary. Serve with Cranberry Salsa.
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