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Roasted Turkey Breast with Blueberries Compote

Roasted Turkey Breast with Blueberries Compote

  • Yield: 8 portions
  • Protein: 3.5 portions per serving

Instructions:

IngredientAmount
Roasted Turkey
Turkey breast boneless
1 kg
Unsalted butter
250 g
Garlic
11 cloves / 50g
Parsley
½ stalk/ 20g
Fresh thyme
½ stalk/ 20g
Salt
¼ teaspoon
White pepper powder
¼ teaspoon
Blueberries Compote
Fresh blueberries (wash, drained)
550g
Lemon juice
2½ tablespoons
Lemon zest
1 teaspoon / 1g
Sugar
1 tablespoon
Cinnamon stick - break into half
1 piece
Salt
¼ teaspoon
Water
3 tablespooons

Roasted turkey

  1. Preheat oven to 180°C.
  2. Mix butter, garlic, thyme, parsley, salt and white pepper powder in a bowl.
  3. Coat half of the butter underneath the skin of the turkey, and the other half over the breast meat
  4. Place the turkey in a baking dish. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until skin starts to turn brown.
  5. Reduce oven temperature to 165°C. Bake for another 1 hour, basting occasionally with pan juices. Cover turkey with foil and let sit for 5-10 minutes if the skin is browning too quickly, then continue the baking process.
  6. Let stand for 10 to 15 minutes before carving.

Blueberries compote

  1. Mix all ingredients in a sauce pot. Cook over low heat for 5 minutes until berries soften.
  2. Strain out the puree. Continue cooking the remaining juice until thickened.
  3. Then, mix the berry puree with juice until well combined. Taste before serving.
  4. Served the roasted turkey breast and blueberries compote with Millet salad.

Recipe available in English and Chinese. Download PDF here

Healthy Tips
  • Use unsalted butter, herbs and spices in cooking helps to reduce the sodium content.
  • Nutrition content per serving: (Energy: 490kcal)
Carbohydrate:
14g
Protein:
27g
Total fat:
37g
Sodium:
375mg
Potassium:
536mg
Phosphate:
279mg
Recipe courtesy of Chef Jason Koh from ITE College West, in collaboration with NKF Dietitians.
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For more information and eligibility, please click here. 

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  1. For online donation: please visit https://nkfs.org/support-us/donation-programmes/
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If you do not have access to the internet, please call us at 1800-KIDNEYS (5436397) to have the application form sent to you. Please fill it up and send it back to us at 81 Kim Keat Road Singapore 328836.

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