Tired of the Occupests? Let's talk turkey...

breast - to be exact.

I'll be making a rolled stuffed turkey breast for Thanksgiving.

It's simple.

Purchase a boned turkey breast.

Follow the easy instructions Martha Stewart has so nicely provide for us to butterfly the breast.

How to Prep and Carve a Stuffed Turkey Breast
(click on each little pic to read the instructions)

After butterflying the breast you can fill it with whatever you desire.  I'll be using my traditional sausage/herb stuffing that I make every year.

My stuffing:

1.  Buy a bunch of cheap bread at the bakery outlet.
2.  A day or two before making the stuffing unwrap the bread and allow it to dry out.  You can also put it  in the oven at about 200 degrees until it's somewhat dry.  You can also buy prepared stuffing mix like Stouffers or prepared dried up bread.  It's your kitchen and your budget so do whatever is the easiest.
3. Chop up heaps of celery and onion.  Cook in butter and a bit of chicken broth until it's crisp tender.  Start the celery first so you don't burn the onion or do them separately.
4. I smoosh up some sweet Italian sausage and cook it until the pink is gone.
5. Throw all of that into the bread including the drippings from the sausage
6. I like to add a bunch of chopped up fresh parsley and garlic.
7. Go to your spice cabinet and peruse the bottles.  See something interesting?  Add it.  I like to add sage, rosemary, and thyme.  I'm thinking a scooch of cumin would be good, too.
8. Now for a little secret ingredient.  Chop up an apple or two (depending on size of apples and amount of stuffing) and add to the mixture. 
9. To finish add chicken broth until the stuffing is nicely damp.  Not too much, now.  Nothing worse than soggy gluey stuffing. 
10. Taste the dressing for seasoning.  If it needs a bit of salt or whatnot you may add it now.  

 Spread this on the turkey breast, roll it up, slap that skin back on, tie it with string, and cook.

 

Perfect gravy every time: 

1. Buy a bunch of turkey gravy mixes
2. Add some of your pan drippings and the proper amount of water
3. Add a splash of Kitchen Bouquet for color
4. Hard cook a couple of eggs, chop, and add to gravy
5. Hide the gravy mix envelopes in the bottom of the wastebasket
6. Enjoy the compliments on your gravy (and never, ever tell your secret)
7. Remember that it is capitalism that brought you gravy mixes
   

For added fun how about this?