Stuffed Turkey Breast With Pears, Chestnuts And Rosemary

Recipe Ingredients

1/2 tablespoon	7.5ml	Turkey breast, off bone and raw (large)
		= (approximately 1 1/2 lbs)
1/2 cup	118ml	Dried chestnuts - boiled 20 minutes in
3 cups	711ml	Water - and then drained
2		Bosc pears - peeled, seeded,
		And cut into 1/4" cubes
3 tablespoons	45ml	Chopped fresh rosemary leaves
1 cup	146g / 5.1oz	Fresh bread crumbs
2		Eggs
		Salt - to taste
		Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
1		Red Wine Risotto - (see recipe)

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Butterfly open raw turkey breast until consistently 1/2-inch thick and set aside.

In a mixing bowl, stir together chestnuts, pear cubes, rosemary leaves, bread crumbs and eggs and mix well. Season turkey breast with salt and pepper and lay stuffing mix over top. Roll breast and stuffing up like a jelly roll and tie with butcher twine.

Place roll in roasting pan and roast at 425 degrees for 35 to 45 minutes, until meat thermometer reads 155 degrees at center. Remove from oven and allow to rest 10 minutes before carving.

Serve with Red Wine Risotto.

This recipe yields 4 to 6 main course servings.

Source:
MOLTO MARIO with Mario Batali - (Show # MB-5660) - from the TV FOOD NETWORK

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