Irish Turkey Bundles
From chefelaine 15 years ago
- 10 minutes to make
- Serves 4
A delightful medley of turkey, sage, lemon zest and blue cheese makes this dish a winner!
Ingredients
- 1 package turkey breast tenderloins shopping list
- 8 slices bacon shopping list
- 2 to 3 fresh sage leaves, torn shopping list
- salt to taste shopping list
- pepper to taste shopping list
- lemon zest, minced as needed shopping list
- 6-ounces Irish Casbel blue cheese shopping list
- 2 tablespoons butter shopping list
- 1 cup white wine shopping list
- 3 tablespoons light cream shopping list
- Wooden toothpicks shopping list
How to make it
- Place each turkey tenderloin on a board and with a sharp knife slice in half horizontally.
- Cover each piece with wax paper and pound with a meat mallet until 1/4-inch thick.
- Cut each slice of bacon in half and lay 2 pieces of bacon side by side on the board
- stretch the pieces out by stroking with the blade of a large knife.
- Put a tiny piece of sage on top and cover with a piece of turkey.
- Season the turkey well and add some lemon zest.
- Cut the cheese into 8 fingers and place one on the piece of turkey.
- Roll up the bacon and turkey and secure with wooden toothpicks or thread.
- Continue rolling the rest of the bacon and turkey until you have 8 bundles.
- In a heavy pan, brown the bundles in the butter, turning frequently for about 10 minutes until the turkey is no longer pink in the center and the cheese is beginning to melt.
- Transfer the bundles to a hot dish and remove the toothpicks.
- Add wine to the pan, and deglaze.
- Add the cream and simmer 2 to 3 minutes.
- Taste and adjust the seasoning.
- Pour a little sauce onto each plate and arrange the bundles on top.
- Garnish with a few fresh sage leaves.
The Rating
Reviewed by 26 people-
love the flavor and idea using Turkey yum thanks Chef.
momo_55grandma
in Mountianview loved it
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Wow!! I wish I could give you a ten for this. I can almost taste them now. I will be making these for my next party. High 5 Chef
jimrug1
in Peoria loved it
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This and a pint of Guinness!
elgab89
in Toronto loved it
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