Turkey Breast Stuffed With Sausage, Fennel, and Golden Raisins

Name: Turkey Breast Stuffed With Sausage, Fennel, and Golden Raisins
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 12 green onions; 3/4 lb italian sweet sausage, casings removed; 1/2 cup golden raisin; 3 1/2 teaspoons fennel seeds; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper; 3 lbs boneless whole turkey breast; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 2 1/4 cups about low sodium chicken broth

Submitted by lazyme

"Have the butcher bone the turkey breast, leaving the breast halves attached; then just slice at the table before serving. From Bon Appetit November 2002."

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Ready In:: 1hr 50mins
Ingredients:: 9
Serves:: 6

ingredients

12 green onions
³⁄₄ lb italian sweet sausage, casings removed
¹⁄₂ cup golden raisin
3 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons fennel seeds
¹⁄₄ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₄ teaspoon ground black pepper
3 lbs boneless whole turkey breast
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 ¹⁄₄ cups about low sodium chicken broth

directions

Finely chop white part of onions.
Place green parts side by side on 15x10x1-inch heavy rimmed baking sheet to form a 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°F
Brush oil all over turkey.
Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and 2 teaspoons fennel.
Roast until thermometer inserted into filling registers 155°F, 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.

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