Turkey Breast With Stuffing
- Salt and freshly ground white pepper to taste
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 2 teaspoons fresh chopped thyme leaves, or 1 teaspoon dried
- 1 fresh turkey breast with ribs and wings, about 4 pounds
- 2 medium-size whole onions, peeled, about 1/3 pound
- 2 large garlic cloves, peeled
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 cups chicken broth, fresh or canned
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- In a small bowl, combine salt, pepper, cumin, coriander and thyme.
- Blend well.
- Sprinkle and rub this mixture inside and outside the breast.
- Place breast skin side up in a roasting pan.
- Put onions on each side, and garlic cloves and bay leaf beneath the breast.
- Brush outside of breast with vegetable oil.
- Put breast in oven, and roast 15 minutes.
- Cover loosely with foil, add chicken broth and bake 15 minutes, basting a few times.
- Reduce heat to 425 degrees and remove foil.
- Continue roasting 15 minutes, basting a few times.
- Remove turkey breast from pan, and pour fat from the pan.
- Return breast skin side up, and add the broth around it.
- Continue roasting 10 minutes, basting twice.
- Remove from oven, cover with foil and let stand in a warm place 10 minutes before carving.
- Serve with dressing and pan gravy.
salt, ground cumin, ground coriander, thyme, turkey, onions, garlic, bay leaf, vegetable oil, chicken broth
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/176 (may not work)