Maple Glazed Turkey Breast Recipes

EASY MAPLE-GLAZED ROASTED TURKEY BREAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Rinse the turkey breast with cold water. Pat dry.
• Stuff turkey cavity with apple, lemon, onion, celery, rosemary, and thyme. Sprinkle salt inside the cavity.
• Place the turkey in a large shallow roasting pan lined with aluminum foil. Don't skip the aluminum foil (it makes clean up quick and easy)!
• TO PREPARE THE GLAZE: In a small saucepan, melt butter with maple syrup over low heat. Pour or brush the maple butter glaze over turkey to coat.
• Add 1 cup water to the bottom of the pan.
• Roast the turkey breast for 2 - 2 ½ hours, or until an instant-read thermometer registers 165 degrees F. Baste with pan juices every 30 minutes.
• If any part of the turkey browns too quickly while cooking, just tent lightly with aluminum foil.
• Remove the turkey from the oven and place on a large cutting board. Allow it to rest for about 15-20 minutes before carving.

MAPLE-GLAZED TURKEY BREAST

Steps:

• Mix uncooked rice, seasoning packet from rice mix and water in a crockpot.
• Place turkey breastm skin side up, on the rice.
• Drizzle with syrup.
• Sprinkle with walnuts and cinnamon.
• Cover and cook on low setting for 4 to 5 hours or until turkey is no longer pink in the center.

MAPLE GLAZED TURKEY ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Remove the plastic netting and wrap from the turkey roast, if any, but leave on string netting. (Remove and discard gravy packet, if any). Rinse the turkey, and pat dry with paper towels.
• Mix together the maple syrup, smoke flavoring, paprika, salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, thyme, and cayenne pepper in a bowl, stirring to combine well. Brush the syrup mixture all over the turkey roast.
• Place the roast, skin side up, on a baking rack set in a roasting pan. Roast in the preheated oven, basting occasionally, until the roast is golden brown and a meat thermometer inserted into the center of the roast reads 170 degrees F (75 degrees C). Roasting time is about 1 1/2 hours. Wrap the roast in foil, and let stand 10 minutes before removing the string netting for slicing.

MAPLE-GLAZED TURKEY BREAST RECIPE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 450°F (230°C). 2. Combine whisky, maple syrup, orange rind and butter in a bowl to make glaze. Reserve. 3. With a sharp knife and your hand flat on the top of the breast cut through the thickest part of the turkey breast horizontally, stopping about 1-inch (2.5 cm) from the edge. You should then be able to open it up like a book. Repeat with remaining 3 turkey breasts. Brush glaze all over exposed turkey breast and season with salt and pepper. 4. Divide Sausage Stuffing (recipe follows) between 2 turkey breasts, fold meat over to enclose stuffing and sew or skewer the edges together. Tie in 3 places to secure. Set aside. Divide Fruit Stuffing (recipe follows) between remaining 2 turkey breasts and repeat. Brush turkey breasts with whiskey glaze and season all over with salt and pepper. 5. Place turkey breasts on a bed of onions, carrots and celery in several roasting pans or baking sheets and roast for 10 minutes or until skin is beginning to colour. Turn oven to 350°F (180°C) and roast another 45 to 50 minutes or until juices run clear. Remove from oven and let sit for 15 minutes while making sauce. 6. Discard vegetables and add stock and soy sauce to pans. (Divide quantity if you are using 2 pans.) Place pan over high heat and bring to boil, scraping up any little brown bits on the base of the pan. Boil for 2 minutes, add redcurrant jelly and boil another 5 to 10 minutes or until sauce thickens slightly. If you are not using homemade stock then thicken with 1 tbsp (15 mL) cornstarch mixed with 1 tbsp (15 mL) water. 7. Carve breasts into slices and serve with some gravy. Sausage Stuffing 1. Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add onions and fennel and sauté for 2 minutes or until beginning to soften. Add garlic, then crumble in sausage meat and sauté for 1 minute or until meat loses its pinkness. Stir in spinach, sage and rosemary and cook for 1 minute or until wilted. Stir in bread crumbs and apple. Let cool slightly, then stir in egg and moisten with apple cider. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Makes enough stuffing for 2 turkey breasts Fruit Stuffing You can use any dried fruits for this depending on your preference and play with the amounts of each if preferred. 1. Heat cranberry juice in a pot over high heat. Bring to boil and add fruit. Simmer for 1 minute, remove from heat and allow to sit for 10 minutes or until juice has been absorbed. Stir in the pistachios. 2. Heat butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add onions and celery and sauté for 3 minutes until softened. Add fruit mixture, tarragon and marjoram and stir to combine. Remove from heat. 3. Stir in bread crumbs, add enough chicken stock to moisten, and season with salt and pepper. Makes enough stuffing for 2 turkey breasts

SMOKY MAPLE-GLAZED TURKEY BREAST

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In small bowl, mix butter, thyme, paprika, salt and pepper. Using fingers, carefully loosen skin from turkey breast. Rub butter mixture under skin.
• Place turkey breast, skin side up, on rack in roasting pan. Insert ovenproof meat thermometer so tip is in thickest part of breast and does not touch bone. Roast uncovered 30 minutes.
• In small bowl, mix syrup, orange juice and mustard. Brush one-third of mixture over turkey.
• Roast 50 minutes to 1 hour longer, brushing twice with remaining syrup mixture, until thermometer reads at least 165°F. Cover with foil; let stand 15 minutes for easiest carving.

MAPLE GLAZED TURKEY BREAST RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 325 degrees F.
• Remove the plastic netting and wrap from the turkey roast, if any, but leave on string netting. (Remove and discard gravy packet, if any).
• Rinse the turkey, and pat dry with paper towels.
• Mix together the maple syrup, smoke flavoring, paprika, salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, thyme, and cayenne pepper in a bowl, stirring to combine well.
• Brush the syrup mixture all over the turkey roast.
• Place the roast, skin side up, on a baking rack set in a roasting pan.
• Roast in the preheated oven, basting occasionally, until the roast is golden brown and a meat thermometer inserted into the center of the roast reads 170 degrees F, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Wrap the roast in foil, and let stand 10 minutes before removing the string netting for slicing.