Allow turkey breast to stand 15 minutes
before carving. Serve with reserved maple-plum sauce.
Maple-Plum Glazed Turkey
Breast
2 cups red plum jam
1 cup maple syrup
1/4 cup cider vinegar
1 tablespoon grated lemon rind
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1 (5 to 5 1/2-pound) bone-in turkey breast
1/2 teaspoon salt
8 fresh sage sprigs
- Bring first 6 ingredients to a boil in
a large saucepan over medium-high heat; reduce heat to medium-low,
and cook, stirring often, 25 minutes or until thickened and bubbly.
Remove from heat, and cool completely. Reserve 1 1/2 cups sauce;
cover and chill. Set aside remaining sauce for basting.
- Loosen skin from turkey without totally
detaching skin; sprinkle salt evenly under skin, and carefully
arrange 4 sage sprigs on each side of breast. Replace skin, and
place turkey in a lightly greased 11- x 7-inch baking dish. Spread
3/4 cup maple-plum sauce evenly over turkey; cover loosely with
aluminum foil.
- Bake at 325*F (160*C) for 1 hour; uncover
and bake 1 more hour or until a meat thermometer registers 170*F
(75*C), basting with remaining 3/4 cup maple-plum sauce every
15 minutes.
- Remove turkey from baking dish; cool.
Wrap in plastic wrap and then aluminum foil, and chill 8 hours.
Serve turkey at room temperature. Cook reserved 1 1/2 cups maple-plum
sauce until thoroughly heated; serve with turkey.
Makes 10 servings.