Recipe: Baked Turkey Breast with Turnips

Recipe Source: Wise, Victoria Jenayan.  The Armenian Table.  St. Martin's Press, New York, 2004 pp. 165-6.

I chose this dish for two reasons.  The first is turnips.  My husband loves turnips, so every once in a while I like to make turnips for him.  I don't mind them, they just weren't really a part of my culinary world growing up so I don't think of them often.  The second reason was the turnip greens.  I'm a big fan of dishes that incorporate a) green leafy things and b) vegetables in general.  I happened to have a bunch of turnip greens on hand, so this recipe was just what I needed. 

I did make a few changes, of course.  The first change was the poultry.  The original wanted a whole chicken, quartered.  I prefer turkey, so I decided to use a turkey breast.  I also decided not to quarter it.  The second change I made was to increase the amount of turnip greens, which I did to use up all of that bunch that I had.  The third change was to use kalamata olives that had been pitted instead of the mild green olives with pits that the original called for.  The reason for that was that I had pitted kalamatas on hand and wanted to use them up.  The result was an extremely delicious dish that I would be quite pleased to serve for company. 

Baked Turkey Breast with Turnips (serves 4; approx. $8.55/serving)

3 turnips, peeled and cut into 1/2" wedges

1 bunch mustard greens, chopped

1 turkey breast

1 onion, halved and thinly sliced

1 tomato, cut into wedges

1 bay leaf

1 teaspoon paprika

1 teaspoon kosher salt

1/2 teaspoon black pepper

3/4 cup white wine

1 cup pitted kalamata olives

Equipment:

• Dutch oven

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
2. Put the turkey breast, onion, tomato, bay leaf, paprika, salt and pepper into the Dutch oven with the wine.  Turn to coat, making sure that the skin side is up when you finish.
3. Cover and bake 30 minutes.
4. Turn the turkey and bake, uncovered, 25 minutes.
5. Tuck the turnips and olives under the turkey and bake, uncovered, another 30 minutes.
6. Remove the bay leaf and stir in the turnip greens.  Cook uncovered another 3 minutes.
7. Serve immediately.

Comments

[Health Insurance]

This recipe looks very healthy looks really delicious.

[Pain Relief]

Turkey is my one of my favorite meat. Turkey has a sweet meat. The most favorite that I've tasted about turkey is bacon turkey..

[Fearless Kitchen]

Pain - Thanks.

Health - Thank you.

[sewa mobil di surabaya]

i can't imagine how it feels, it is certainly very delicous and tempting.
so yummy of course

[Fearless Kitchen]

Sewa - Thank you.