Dishes from turkey meat are becoming increasingly popular, because this meat is low in calories and will not cause allergies, which allows it to be used in dietary and baby food.
Today we will learn to cook turkey roll - juicy and tender meat with a fragrant filling.
Turkey Roll - Basic Cooking Principles
For the roll, take the fillet, wash it and beat it off with a hammer on both sides so that the meat becomes tender. Then the slaughtered poultry meat is salted, pepper and flavored with spices. Also, the roll can be made from minced turkey.
Vegetables, mushrooms, cheese, cottage cheese, bacon, fruit, nuts or berries are used as a filling. It all depends on your taste. Vegetables are pre-fried, stewed or used raw.
Prepared turkey grease with butter, spread the filling, and wrapped tightly roll. Then they tie it up with a string so that it does not open during the baking process. Top roll sprinkled with spices and sent to the oven for about half an hour.
The finished roll is cut and served as a cold snack. This dish will look great on a festive table.
Recipe 1. Turkey Roll
Ingredients
a pound of turkey fillet;
two pieces of sweet pepper, onion and carrot;
300 g of cheese and champignons;
150 g breadcrumbs;
60 ml of vegetable oil.
Method of preparation
1. Rinse the peeled onion and cut into half rings. We put the frying pan on the fire, pour the oil and pass on it until half ready.
2. Grate the cleaned carrots on a large grater segment, spread them to the onion, add a little water and simmer on low heat until done.
3. Rinse the pepper, remove the seeds and chop into small cubes. Mushrooms clean, wash and cut into thin plates.
4. Wash the fillets, dry them with napkins, cut them all the way down and unfold them like a book. The resulting piece repel and sprinkle with spices. We lay out on it frantic onions and carrots, chopped Bulgarian pepper and mushroom slices. Rub parmesan on top and wrap meat in a roll. Over the entire length, fix the thread and roll the roll in breadcrumbs. 5. We put the roll in the baking sleeve, put it on a baking sheet and put the oven in a preheated 200 degree oven for an hour and a half.
Recipe 2. Turkey roll with spinach
Ingredients
a pound of turkey fillet;
spinach - 300 g;
ham - 100 g;
Parmesan - 200 g;
eggs - 3 pcs .;
red wine - 2 glasses;
garlic - 2 cloves;
parsley, salt and pepper mixture.
Method of preparation
1. We spin, spin and simmer the spinach leaves, adding a little oil. Salt and pepper. Spinach is cooked fairly quickly, so constantly monitor the cooking process.
2. We break eggs into a deep plate, add finely chopped parsley and beat well. Add finely grated cheese, salt, pepper and mix. Pour the egg mixture into a pre-heated pan and cook an omelet.
3. Wash the turkey fillets, dry them with napkins and beat them with a hammer. The resulting meat rubbed with salt, garlic and a mixture of peppers.
4. On the baked fillet lay out omelet, spinach and ham, cut into thin slices. Form roll and tied with thread.
5. We put a deep frying pan on the fire, pour in a little oil and fry the roll on all sides until golden brown. Then pour a glass of wine, cover and simmer until the liquid evaporates. Turn the roll over, pour in a second glass of wine and cook until it evaporates. Cool the finished roll, cut into pieces and serve as a cold snack.
Recipe 3. Turkey Roll with Spices
Ingredients
A pound of turkey fillet;
two art. spoons of mustard seeds;
a glass of red wine Port and orange juice;
one and a half tsp of salt;
2 tbsp. l dried green pepper.
Method of preparation
1. Cut the washed and dried turkey fillet in half lengthwise and not fully, and unfold it.
2. Grind dried pepper and mustard seeds in a blender. 2/3 of this powder is used for sprinkling fillets. We salt, we sprinkle with the rest of spices and once again we add. 3. The meat is rolled up and tied with a string. Heat the oil in the pan, and lightly fry the roll. We shift it to an elongated shape.
4. Pour orange juice and wine into a saucepan. Bring to a boil and cook for half a minute. Pour into a form where the roll will be baked. The form is covered with foil and put on the bottom shelf of the oven. Simmer roll for about an hour at an average temperature. You can determine the readiness by the color of the juice, which is highlighted in the cooking process. Light color indicates that the meat is ready.
5. Chill the roll and cut into portions. Served with a side dish of potatoes.
Recipe 4. Turkey Roll with Nuts
Ingredients
one and a half kilograms of turkey breast;
60 g butter;
red onion;
150 g of any nuts and bread crumbs;
h. spoon orange peel;
2 tsp. fresh rosemary;
150 ml of orange juice;
50 g of natural honey.
Method of preparation
1. Kernels of nuts finely chopped or milled in a coffee grinder. Peeled onions and rosemary greens finely shred.
2. Put the pan on the fire, lay out half the oil and fry the onion until soft. Add chopped nuts and fry for another couple of minutes. Pour bread crumbs, shredded rosemary and orange zest, pour in 2 tbsp. l orange juice and st. a spoon of honey. Stir and turn off the fire.
3. Put the remaining orange juice, butter and honey in a saucepan. Put it on the fire, bring to a boil and cook until the sauce begins to thicken.
4. Wash the turkey fillet, dip it in napkins, cut it to the end and open the piece of meat like a book. We beat the turkey with a hammer. On the whole piece lay out the filling and level. Fold in fillet and tie with thread.
5. Form the cover with foil and lay out the roll in them. From above we grease it with honey sauce, salt and pepper. We bake the roll for an hour and a half, while periodically pour the remaining sauce. We get out of the oven and leave for a quarter of an hour. Served in thin slices with any sauce.
Recipe 5. Turkey Roll with Dried Apricots
Ingredients
a pound of turkey fillet;
a glass of dried apricots;
100 ml of soy sauce;
1 tbsp. l mustard;
spices and pepper;
olive oil;
handful of walnuts.
Method of preparation
1. We clean the turkey fillets from the films, wash them well and cut them into plates 1.5 cm thick. Cover with cling film and beat with a hammer on both sides.
2. Mustard mix with soy sauce. Each piece of meat dipped in the mixture and laid on top of each other. Leave to marinate for half an hour.
3. Wash dried apricots, pour boiling water and leave to swell for five minutes. Then we cut it not very finely.
4. Put the broken off piece of turkey on the board, season with pepper and spices. Spread dried apricots on the whole layer and form a roll. Sprinkle the top rolls with hot red pepper.
5. We put the pan on the fire, put the rolls seam down on the heated olive oil. Fry on all sides until golden brown.
6. Put the rolls in the form, sprinkle with chopped walnuts and put in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for a quarter of an hour. We take out from the oven, cover with foil and leave for five minutes. Rolls are ready!
Recipe 6. Turkey Roll with Prunes
Ingredients
1 kg of turkey breast;
15 pcs. pitted prunes;
two carrots;
4 champignons;
2 tbsp. l sour cream;
1/3 tsp of coriander;
a mixture of Provencal herbs, salt and black pepper.
Method of preparation
1. Wash the brisket, obsushivaem and cut along not fully, so that it can be opened as a book. Slightly beat off with a hammer.
2. Pour the prunes with boiling water and leave for 15 minutes, rinse, put dry on a paper towel, then cut into thin strips. Clean the carrot, rinse and cut into cubes. Wipe the mushrooms with a damp paper towel and chop thin plates. 3. Pepper meat layer, season with herbs, lay out the filling and pepper and salt again. Wrap tightly in a roll and tied with thread.
4. Cut off a piece of foil, lubricate it with vegetable oil and shift the roll onto it. Top it with sour cream and sprinkle with coriander. Wrap the roll in foil and make a few punctures. We spread the roll on the deco and send to bake in the oven preheated to 240 degrees for forty minutes. Leave in the oven off for another half an hour.
5. Roll out of the oven, cool, wrap in plastic wrap and send in the refrigerator for three hours. Cut into thin slices and serve to the table.
Recipe 7. Turkey roll with bacon and prunes
Ingredients
800 g piece of turkey breast;
200 g of prunes;
150 g of bacon and walnut kernels;
egg;
2 cloves of garlic;
50 ml of cognac;
spices and fresh greens.
Method of preparation
1. Drain the prunes with boiling water, leave for 10 minutes, drain and cut into strips. Now pour for ten minutes brandy. Then drain and mix the prunes with the egg, ground nuts and season with spices. Add crushed garlic using a press. If the filling turned out to be watery, you can adjust the thickness using sesame seeds or grated cheese.
2. Wash, dry, chop the brisket piece lengthwise and uncover. Cover with cling film and slightly repelled. Grease a sheet of foil with butter, shift a layer of meat onto it. Put thin slices of bacon and chopped greens along the edge, lay out the stuffing next to it, roll the meat into a roll and tie it up with cooking thread. Wrap it in foil, put it on a baking sheet and send it to bake in the oven for an hour and a half.
3. Cut the finished roll into thin slices, put on a dish and place in greens.
Turkey Roll - tips and tricks from chefs
- The filling for the roll should be savory and juicy. The turkey is in perfect harmony with prunes, however, it can give a slight bitterness, which is not pleasant to everyone. As an alternative, it is fashionable to use fresh plums.
- If you are preparing a cheese filling, it is better to take soft varieties.
- Meat can be pre-marinated, in which case the taste of the roll will be much richer. Best suited for this marinade of French mustard and horseradish.
- Turkey rolls stuffed with mushrooms and smoked sausage, baked in cream, turn out tender and juicy. Such rolls will be a great addition to a side dish of potatoes or rice.
- Before serving roll cut into slices, spread on a dish, decorated with greens and served with sauce, ketchup or sour cream. Can be served as sandwiches with lettuce and cherry tomatoes.
- You can cook a roll in one piece or make them in portions. Cut the meat into pieces and make small rolls. They do not need to be cut, just put on a dish and pour over the sauce or decorate with greens.
