Tuscan-Style Turkey Alla Porchetta
We found this recipe after hearing so much about it and getting asked where it could be found. We have copied it off http://www.marthastewart.com/857650/tuscan-style-turkey-alla-porchetta to our site in order to preserve it for our customers. If you can, order your turkey from a local farm, and ask for it to be boned with the skin on. The wing and leg bones should be removed, and the turkey tenders should be included. Make sure you have the wing tips, neck, and giblets for the gravy. Rolling the turkey ensures that each slice will include both light and dark meat.
Martha Stewart Living, November 2011
Title: Tuscan-Style Turkey Alla Porchette
Prep Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 45 minutes
Yield Serves 12
Ingredients
- 15 thin slices Prosciutto di Parma or San Daniele prosciutto
- 1 whole boned, skin-on pasture-raised heritage turkey (10 to 12 pounds), wing tips, neck, and giblets reserved for Giblet Gravy
- Flaked sea salt, preferably Maldon
- 3 tablespoons minced garlic
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons tender fennel fronds, finely chopped
- 1/4 cup fennel seeds, coarsely ground
- 3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh rosemary
- 3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh sage
- 1 tablespoon fennel pollen (optional)
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- Giblet Gravy
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Arrange prosciutto slices vertically side by side on a cutting board, overlapping each by 3/4 inch. Place turkey, skin side down, on the prosciutto slices, with wings at top and legs at bottom. Arrange turkey tenders at each side to fill in the space between the wings and legs.
- Sprinkle turkey with 2 tablespoons salt, including the back side of the tenders and under any other loose pieces of meat. Sprinkle garlic, fennel fronds, fennel seeds, rosemary, sage, and fennel pollen evenly over turkey. Arrange turkey so there are no separations (turkey should be in one even layer).
- Starting from the bottom, roll turkey tightly with prosciutto, keeping prosciutto in place (see photo, below). Tie together with kitchen twine at 3-inch intervals.
- Heat oil in a large skillet over high heat. Brown rolled turkey on all sides, about 8 minutes. Transfer to a roasting rack set on a large rimmed baking sheet or in a roasting pan. Roast until an instant-read thermometer inserted into center reaches 165 degrees and juices run clear, about 50 minutes. Let rest for 10 to 15 minutes. Serve with gravy.