Mayonnaise-Roasted Turkey Breast. Trust me.

[trof]

This is the tenderest, juiciest turkey I've ever had.

Mayonnaise-Roasted Turkey Breast

The turkey is done when the meat thermometer registers 160 to 165 degrees.

• One 2-½- to 3-pound turkey breast
• 2 cups homemade or good-quality commercial mayonnaise
• 3/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika
• Liberal amounts of kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Place an oven rack in the lower third of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and top with a cooling rack. Rinse the breast and pat dry with paper towels. Trim away excess skin and fat.

Mix the mayonnaise with the remaining ingredients. Sprinkle the underside of the breast with salt and pepper and completely cover the skin side with the mayonnaise-nutmeg-clove-and-paprika mixture. Spread as evenly as possible. The coating should be about ½-inch thick. Place the breast, mayonnaise side up, on the rack and roast for 1 hour and 40 minutes or until the thickest part of the breast reaches 160 degrees. The coating will have turned black. Remove from the oven and allow to sit for a few minutes before carving.

Serves 4

[snappyturtle]

1. Going to have to try this! Added to my recipe folder....thank you! nt

[KC]

2. Trust me too!

I did this for the first time for Thanksgiving last year. I said then that I would NEVER cook a turkey any other way!
It is so moist and it browns so well!

[cbayer]

3. A friend of mine did this last Thanksgiving to an entire turkey.

To say it looked disgusting before it went in the oven would be an understatement.

But it was amazing once cooked and I highly recommend it.

[rdharma]

4. The same thing works with chicken too. nt