Honey Roasted Turkey Breast

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 1 1/2 kg boneless turkey breast, fresh
• 1 sprig fresh rosemary
• 1/3 cup margarine, butter flavored
• 1/3 cup honey
• 1/3 cup wine
• pepper, to taste

Recipe

• 1 place the turkey breast in a shallow roasting pan.
• 2 in a medium sauce pan, combine remaining ingredients and gently simmer for 3-5 minutes, allowing the flavor from the sprig on rosemary (i used one that was about 5 inches long) to infuse into the sauce. remove and keep the sprig of rosemary.
• 3 if you have an injector, inject about 1/2 of the wine/butter/honey mixture into the breast in several locations. drizzle another 1/4 of the mixture on top of the breast. season with pepper. i do not use salt because it can draw out some of the moisture of the turkey and it really doesn't need it.
• 4 if you don't have an injector, just pour about 1/2 of the mixture on the breast and then season with pepper.
• 5 place the sprig of rosemary across the top of the breast.
• 6 place in an oven preheated to 325 f until the turkey reaches an internal temperature of 160. this took our oven about 2 hours but keep a close eye on it so you don't dry it into turkey jerkey instead of turkey breast. at about 45 minutes, baste it with some of the remaining butter/wine/honey mixture. at 1hour and 15 minutes start basting it every 30 minutes with the juices from the pan.
• 7 remove at 160 degrees, discard the rosemary, and wrap the breast in foil for at least 15 minutes but will stay warm for much longer.