Baked Turkey Breast with Sage

Baked Turkey Breast with Sage

A bone-in turkey breast coated with garlic-sage butter and roasted over onion and stock until juicy and golden.

Instructions

  1. Step 1

    Preheat the oven to 190°C.

    Cookware: oven

  2. Step 2

    Combine the butter, sage, garlic, lemon zest and juice, salt, and black pepper in a mixing bowl.

    Ingredients used: 2.0 gr Black Pepper, 45.0 gr Butter, 12.0 gr Garlic, 10.0 gr Kosher Salt, 1.0 piece Lemon, 10.0 gr Sage

    Cookware: mixing bowl, spoon

  3. Step 3

    Arrange the onion in the roasting dish and pour in the chicken stock.

    Ingredients used: 240.0 ml Chicken Stock, 1.0 piece Onion

    Cookware: Roasting dish

  4. Step 4

    Pat the turkey breast dry. Gently loosen the skin, spread some sage butter underneath, then coat the outside with the remaining butter; set the turkey skin-side up over the onion.

    Ingredients used: 1.0 piece Turkey Breast

    Cookware: paper towels, Roasting dish

  5. Step 5

    Roast until browned and the thickest part of the breast reaches 74°C, about 75–95 minutes. Begin checking at 75 minutes.

    Timer: 75 min (fixed)

    Cookware: instant-read thermometer, oven, Roasting dish

  6. Step 6

    Transfer the turkey to a cutting board, cover loosely with foil, and rest for 15 minutes.

    Timer: 15 min (fixed)

    Cookware: aluminum foil, cutting board

  7. Step 7

    Carve the turkey breast and serve with the roasted onion and pan juices.

    Cookware: Carving Knife, cutting board, Roasting dish

Nutrition (Estimated)

Food safety

Caution: medium

Cook the thickest part of the turkey breast to 74°C without touching bone. Refrigerate leftovers within 2 hours and use within 3–4 days.

Risk factors

  • raw poultry
  • cross-contamination
  • large roast requiring temperature verification