Best Veal Or Turkey Roulades With Dried Apricot Rosemary Stuffing And Apricot Mustard Sauce Recipes

TURKEY ROULADE WITH CRANBERRY-APRICOT STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Spread the almonds and fennel seeds on a baking sheet and cook until golden and aromatic, about 10 minutes. Let cool to room temperature. Warm the cognac and water in a small saucepan, add the cranberries and apricots, and set aside until plump, about 10 minutes.
• In a small food processor, pulse the almonds and fennel until coarsely chopped, then add the fruit and any unabsorbed liquid with the shallot, butter, 2 teaspoons salt and pepper, to taste, until the fruit and nuts are coarsely chopped. Add the parsley and pulse once or twice more.
• Place the turkey breast halves on a cutting board. Divide and spread the fruit mixture evenly over them, leaving about a 1-inch border. Starting with the long end of each breast, roll like a jelly roll and tie firmly with butchers twine. Season generously with salt and pepper.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat, add the oil, and heat until shimmering. Sear the turkey roulades, turning occasionally, until they are golden brown on all sides, about 8 minutes. Place the 2 roulades on a rack in a roasting pan and pour 2 cups of the wine over them. Roast, uncovered, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of the meat registers 165 degrees F, about 1 hour and 10 minutes. Transfer the breasts to a carving board, tent loosely with foil, and let rest while you make the sauce.
• Put the roasting pan over medium heat on the stovetop. Add the remaining 1 cup of wine and stir with a wooden spoon to release the brown bits that cling to the pan. Add the chicken broth and cook until syrupy, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
• Carve the turkey into 1-inch thick slices and serve with the pan sauce.

TURKEY BREAST ROULADE WITH GARLIC AND ROSEMARY

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a medium (10-inch) skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and fennel seeds and cook for 6 to 8 minutes, tossing occasionally, until the onion is tender. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Off the heat, stir in the chopped sage and the rosemary; set aside to cool.
• Set the turkey breast on a cutting board and open it up, skin side down. If necessary, pound the turkey to an even thickness of about 1 inch. Sprinkle the turkey with 4 teaspoons salt and 1 1/2 teaspoons pepper. Once the onion mixture has cooled, spread it evenly on the meat. Grate the butter and sprinkle it on top. Arrange the prosciutto on top to totally cover the filling and meat.
• Starting at one long end of the turkey breast, roll the meat up jelly-roll style to make a compact cylindrical roulade, ending with the seam side down. Tie the roulade tightly with kitchen twine at 2 to 2 1/2-inch intervals to ensure that it will roast evenly. Slip the whole sage leaves under the twine down the center of the roulade.
• Place the roulade, seam side down, in a roasting pan and pat the skin dry with paper towels. Brush the skin with the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil and sprinkle with 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Pour the wine and 1 cup water into the roasting pan, surrounding the turkey with the liquids without pouring them directly over the roulade. Roast for 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours, until the skin is golden brown and the internal temperature is 150 degrees.
• Remove from the oven, cover the turkey with foil, and allow to rest for 15 minutes. Remove the string, slice the roulade crosswise in 1/2-inch-thick slices, and serve warm with the pan juices.

APRICOT-ROSEMARY GRILLED TURKEY BREAST

Steps:

• Heat grill for indirect cooking as directed by manufacturer. If ribs and backbone of turkey breast are attached, cut off with sharp knife or scissors so breast will be stable on grill. Loosen skin from turkey breast.
• In small bowl, mix preserves and lemon juice until blended. Spread half of preserves mixture over meat under skin. Slide rosemary and garlic under skin.
• When ready to grill, place turkey skin-side-up on grill for indirect cooking. Cook 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours or until instant-read thermometer inserted into thickest part of breast registers 170°F. During last 15 minutes of cooking, brush remaining preserves mixture over turkey breast. Season to taste with salt, if desired.

CHICKEN ROULADES WITH APRICOT STUFFING & APRICOT NECTAR

Steps:

• In a 10 inch skillet, cook onion, celery and basil in the margarine over moderate heat 5 minutes, until onion is softened
• Stir in apricots, raisins and 1/4 cup broth and cook until almost all liquid is evaporated, about 2 minutes
• Add mixture to bread cubes with salt and pepper to taste and toss until combined well
• Let stuffing cool
• Stuffing may be made a day ahead and refrigerated
• In a measuring cup, whisk together the apricot nectar, mustard and remaining cup of broth, and reserve
• Gently pound chicken breasts 1 at a time, between 2 sheets of plastic wrap until about 1/4 inch thick, trying not to make any holes in them
• Discard plastic and season chicken with salt and pepper
• Spoon stuffing down a long side of each cutlet, leaving a 1/2-inch border along the edge
• Roll up cutlets tightly to enclose stuffing, and secure top and seams, openings at both ends and any holes with wooden toothpicks
• Put cormeal with salt and pepper to taste in a shallow bowl and coat roulades evenly in mixture
• In cleaned skillet heat oil over moderate heat until hot but not smoking and brown roulades 3 minutes
• Arrange roulades in one layer in an 8-inch square glass baking dish
• Deglaze skillet with wine over moderate heat, scraping up any brown bits, and add to baking dish
• Pour reserved nectar mixture around (not on top of) roulades in baking dish
• Cover dish tightly with foil and braise roulades in the middle of the oven 30 minutes, or until just cooked through
• Transfer roulades to a cutting board and carefully remove toothpicks
• Transfer liquid in baking dish to a small saucepan and boil until reduced to about 1 cup
• Remove from heat and whisk in arrowroot and salt and pepper to taste
• Cut roulades diagonally into 1/4 inch thick slices and spoon sauce over top