Apple Stuffed Turkey Recipes

THE WORLD'S BEST TURKEY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Rinse turkey, and pat dry. Gently loosen turkey breast skin, and insert pieces of butter between the skin and breast. Place apples inside the turkey's cavity. Sprinkle with garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Place turkey in a roasting bag, and pour Champagne over the inside and outside of the bird. Close bag, and place turkey in a roasting pan.
• Bake turkey 3 to 3 1/2 hours in the preheated oven, or until the internal temperature is 180 degrees F (85 degrees C) when measured in the meatiest part of the thigh. Remove turkey from bag, and let stand for at least 20 minutes before carving.

APPLE STUFFED TURKEY BREAST ROAST

Steps:

• To Prepare Stuffing: Sauté onion and celery in butter for 2 to 3 minutes.
• Add apple and seasonings and sauté 1 to 2 minutes longer.
• Remove from heat and add to bread cubes.
• Moisten with turkey or chicken stock and set aside to cool.
• To Prepare Turkey Breast: Pre-heat the Oven at 350°F.
• Place turkey breast flat on a cutting surface and slice through meat with knife parallel to cutting board. Leave last inch intact and open up turkey breast like a book.
• Cover turkey with plastic wrap and pound to even thickness with a meat mallet.
• Spoon stuffing onto one side of the breast.
• Fold other side over and secure with skewers or toothpicks along cut edge.
• Place in greased roasting pan.
• Combine apple juice with melted butter.
• Brush over turkey.
• Tent turkey breast with foil and bake at 350 F for 40 minutes.
• Uncover and baste with remaining apple mixture.
• Bake 30 to 40 minutes longer or until juices run clear.
• Remove from oven and let sit 5 minutes before slicing.
• To Prepare Sauce: Combine turkey or chicken stock with cornstarch and add to drippings.
• Stir and cook until thick and clear.
• Spoon sauce over thick slices of stuffed turkey breast.
• Served with mashed potatoes and vegetables.

EASY ROAST TURKEY WITH APPLE STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325.
• Place onion, apple and half lemon in turkey cavity- reserve other half of lemon-put some of it in neck cavity if desired Place turkey breast side down on oiled rack in roasting pan.
• Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Roast uncovered for 2 hours, basting with pan juices occasionally.
• Wearing clean oven mitts or my preference disposable latex gloves, turn turkey breast side up Squeeze remaining lemon half over turkey breast and cover with bacon.
• Roast basting occasionally about another 2 hours or until done with meat thermometer Giblet stock.
• While turkey roasts place all ingredients in medium saucepan.
• Bring to boil over medium heat.
• Reduce heat and simmer for 1 hour partly covered.
• Strain and add liquid to gravy.
• Apple Stuffing.
• Cook bacon in skillet, until crisp and set aside.
• Add onion, celery and garlic to skillet and cook until soft-set aside.
• In large bowl, combine, bacon, onion, celery, garlic and lemon juice.
• Add bread cubes, apple, egg, parsley and spices.
• Spoon into greased baking dish.
• Cover with foil and cook in oven along with turkey for 30 minutes.
• Stir, add some juices from turkey and cook uncovered until golden brown.

TURKEY BREAST ROULADE WITH APPLE AND RAISIN STUFFING

Steps:

• Place the water, butter, and raisins into a saucepan; bring to a boil. Remove from the heat, stir in the stuffing mix, cover, and let stand until the stuffing mixture absorbs the liquid, about 5 minutes. Stir 1 tablespoon of poultry seasoning and the apple lightly into the stuffing. Allow the stuffing mixture to cool.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place a rack into a roasting pan.
• Carefully remove the turkey breast skin in one piece without tearing the skin, and set aside. Bone the turkey breast (see notes) keeping the meat in one piece but removing the strip of cartilage and gristle between the two breast halves, if necessary. Pull the two tenderloin sections outward from the main part of the breast, keeping them attached, to expand the boneless piece of turkey into a roughly square-shaped piece of meat. Sprinkle the inside of the breast with salt, pepper, and 1 tablespoon of poultry seasoning.
• Spread the stuffing mixture all over the inside of the breast meat piece, and firmly roll the stuffed breast into a compact roll. Spread the reserved turkey skin out, and place the stuffed roll in the middle of the skin. Pull and roll the skin over the stuffed meat, and tie the stuffed roll together with cooking twine. Place the roll onto the roasting rack with the seam side down.
• Roast the stuffed breast in the preheated oven until the skin is golden brown, the meat is no longer pink inside, and the temperature of the roll, measured at the thickest part, reads 170 degrees F (75 degrees C), 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Allow the roast to stand covered with a tent of aluminum foil for at least 10 minutes before removing the twine for slicing.