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Stuffed hasselback turkey breast

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  • bread
  • rubbed sage
  • poultry seasoning
  • onions
  • celery
  • butter
  • salt
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • cayenne
Make a standard stuffing with very small bread pieces, sage and or poultry seasoning, onions and celery sauteed in butter, salt, pepper and cayenne.
  • hot stock or broth
  • 1 whole egg yolk
  • 1 whole skin-on split turkey breast
Moisten with hot stock or broth, mix and let absorb about 15 minutes; check, then stir in one egg yolk.
Cut the breast down to the bone about every three quarters of an inch, end to end, then deepen the cuts.
  • salt
Move onto parchment and sprinkle a little salt into each cut; put a big spoonful of stuffing in each cut, then fill in with the rest.
Transfer to a sheet pan, wipe stuffing off the skin, tuck scraps underneath, and finish with salt and pepper.
  • pepper
  • melted butter
Roast in the center of a 350 degree oven an hour to an hour and 15 minutes, to an internal 150; brush with melted butter at the 30 minute mark.
  • frisee
  • rosemary
  • make-ahead gravy
Rest about 10 minutes, then carve one section at a time with a thin flexible knife; serve with make-ahead gravy.