Thanksgiving Turkey Alternative
Thanksgiving is all about the sides which means my oven isn’t big enough for all of that AND a turkey. Therefore, I make a bacon-wrapped turkey on the hob.
Not only does our bacon-wrapped turkey free up space in the oven for Cornbread Stuffing Muffins and Pecan Sweet Potatoes but also tastes better than a roast turkey!
Bacon-Wrapped Turkey Recipe
A mix of oranges, butter, maple syrup and streaky bacon make this a WOW main dish that is sweet, salty and juicy. Perfect for Thanksgiving or Christmas.
Bacon Wrapped Turkey
A mix of oranges, butter, maple syrup and streaky bacon make this a WOW main dish that is sweet, salty and juicy. Perfect for Thanksgiving or Christmas.
Ingredients
Orange Butter
- 25 grams butter
- 2 medium oranges zest only
- 2 tablespoons orange juice
Turkey
- 4 medium oranges thickly sliced
- 8 escalopes turkey
- 16 rashers streaky bacon
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
Maple Glaze
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 25 grams butter
Instructions
Orange Butter
- Soften the butter and mix with the orange zest along with the freshly squeezed orange juice.
- Store in the fridge until required.
Bacon Turkey
- Spread the orange butter on the turkey and roll up each turkey escalope.
- Wrap turkey in two rashers of bacon and fold into thirds like a business letter.
- Heat olive oil in a large, non-stick fry pan that has a lid.
- Place rolled bacon turkey in the pan in one layer. Cover with orange slices.
- Cook on low heat until turkey is cooked through.
- Uncover the pan, remove and discard the orange slices.
- Turn heat to medium to crisp the bacon. Turn as required to crisp the bacon.
Maple Glaze
- Melt the butter and mix with maple syrup.
- Pour glaze over cooked turkey. With the heat on medium, continually spoon the glaze over the turkey until thick and coating the meat.
- Turn off the heat and let meat rest at least 5 minutes before serving.
