Garlic cheese turkey roll
We were bowled over by just how much love there was for retro soft cheese-stuffed chicken breasts when we revived them, plus wrapped chicken breasts still remain one of the most popular recipes on bbcgoodfood.com, so we thought we’d apply the same techniques to turkey.
SERVES 8-10 PREP 30 mins COOK 1 hr 15 mins MORE EFFORT
2 x 150g packs garlic and herb soft cheese 1 tbsp wholegrain mustard ½ lemon, juiced 1.5kg boneless, skinless turkey breasts 16 slices of prosciutto small bunch sage leaves 1 tbsp olive oil
1 Beat the cheese, mustard and lemon juice together in a bowl, season with a little salt and pepper, then set aside.
2 Butterfly the turkey breast by cutting into one side of it so you can open it like a book. Cover with cling film and use a meat mallet or rolling pin to gently bash it out to a rectangle about 3cm thick, trimming the edges to neaten it up, use up any trimmings in a curry (see p84).
3 Lay a large sheet of baking parchment on your work surface. Lay the prosciutto over it, overlapping the slices to make a large rectangular shape larger than the turkey, then place 8 sage leaves all the way down the centre of the prosciutto in a line (see pic a). Lay the turkey, skinned-side down, on the proscuitto (see pic b) and spread liberally with the cheese mix (see pic c). Use the edge of the baking parchment to lift and roll the prosciutto and turkey, tucking it in like you would roll a roulade, into a long log (see pic d). Tie at intervals with string (see pic e), then if chilling, wrap well in cling film and put in the fridge. Can be prepared up to this point, and chilled two days ahead. 4 To cook, heat oven to 200C/180C fan/ gas 6. Remove the cling film, put it seam-side down on a baking tray, then brush with a little oil and roast for 1 hr, or until the prosciutto has crisped up and the meat is cooked all the way through (a digital probe should read at least 70C). Scatter over extra crispy sage leaves, if you like, and leave to rest for at least 15 mins before carving.
GOOD TO KNOW gluten free
PER SERVING 339 kcals • fat 17g • saturates 9g • carbs 1g • sugars 1g • fibre 0.1g • protein 45g • salt 1.3g