Turkey Breast Stuffed With Sausage, Fennel, Golden Raisins

Recipe Ingredients

12		Green onions
3/4 lb	340g / 11oz	Italian sweet sausages - casings removed
1/2 cup	80g / 2.8oz	Golden raisins
3 1/2 teaspoons	17ml	Fennel seeds
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Salt
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Freshly-ground black pepper
1		Boneless whole turkey breast - (3 lbs)
2 tablespoons	30ml	Olive oil
2 1/4 cups	533ml	Low-salt chicken broth - (about)

Recipe Instructions

Finely chop white part of onions. Place green parts side by side on 15- by 10- by 1-inch heavy rimmed baking sheet to form mat. Mix chopped onions, sausage, raisins, 1 1/2 teaspoons fennel, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in medium bowl.

Place turkey on work surface, skin-side down. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Spoon sausage mixture in row between breast halves. Starting at 1 long side, roll up turkey breast to enclose filling. Tie with kitchen string at 1-inch intervals to hold shape. Place turkey atop onion mat. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover; chill.)

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Brush oil all over turkey. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and 2 teaspoons fennel. Roast until thermometer inserted into filling registers 155 degrees, basting turkey every 15 minutes with 1/4 cup broth and adding more broth to pan if drippings burn, about 1 hour 20 minutes. Transfer to platter; let stand 5 minutes.

Set baking sheet with onions atop 2 burners. Add 1 cup broth to baking sheet. Bring to boil over medium-high heat, scraping up browned bits. Boil 2 minutes. Strain pan juices into medium bowl; discard solids. Serve turkey with pan juices.

This recipe yields 6 servings.

Source:
Bon Appetit, November 2002

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