Not sure how to make such a dish? A turkey recipe in honey mustard sauce will help you. With it, you will get a simply amazing, incredibly fragrant, juicy dish. We have selected for you two delicious recipes for the festive table. Let's try to cook it together.
Turkey in honey mustard sauce
We begin our acquaintance with cooking recipes with the method in the pan. For him you will need:
- 1.5 kg of turkey breast;
- 100 g of French mustard;
- 150 g of honey;
- 2 tbsp. l vegetable oil;
- 2 tbsp. l vinegar
- salt.
In addition, you need to prepare a pan with high sides and a baking sheet.
Cooking method
To make the dish tasty and aromatic, you must follow all the recommendations of the turkey recipe in honey-mustard sauce:
- Rinse the bird fillet thoroughly. Then make a few deep punctures in the meat with a knife so that it is saturated with marinade, but do not chop.
- Combine honey, mustard, vinegar, oil and salt in a separate bowl. If necessary, melt the honey in a water bath beforehand.
- Then put the fillet in the marinade, having missed well, rub the spices with your hands. Leave the filet for a couple of hours, turning over several times and rubbing it. It is advisable to leave the turkey in this form for the night, for 8-10 hours it is better saturated.
- In order for turkey meat to have a delicious crust in honey-mustard sauce, put it in a pan and fry on both sides until the crust appears on high heat.
- Preheat the oven to 250 degrees. Put the turkey in the mold, cover the baking sheet with baking foil. So the meat will turn out juicier. Bake meat for 10 minutes at this temperature.
- After 10 minutes, lower the temperature to 150-180 degrees and cook for another 50 minutes. Next, remove the foil, pour the turkey with marinade and bake for 15 minutes so that it is more lightly browned and saturated with aroma and juice.
- Cut the prepared meat into slices before serving. Serve with fresh herbs and delicious sauce. You can flavor the dish with marinade from the mold.
Orange Juice Recipe
It is known that turkey, rabbit and chicken go well with oranges and marinade from them, with a sauce based on honey and mustard. Moreover, citrus juice softens and impregnates meat. This is very important for the dish. Therefore, in this recipe we will tell you how to cook a turkey in a honey-mustard sauce with a light citrus flavor.
For cooking you will need:
- 600 g of turkey;
- 1 orange
- 1 pinch of salt;
- 1 pinch of pepper;
- 1 tsp Provencal herbs.
- 1 tbsp. l olive oil;
- 3 tsp honey;
- 2 tsp mustard.
This chic dish will become a prima on any holiday table.
Cooking process
Thoroughly rinse the turkey breast (this part will be baked) thoroughly and dry it with paper towels. Remember to make some deep cuts.
In a separate bowl, mix salt and pepper, squeeze the juice of one orange. Grate turkey pulp with this sauce, including pouring it a little inside the incisions.
Leave the filet in the refrigerator for an hour. While it is soaked in citrus juice, melt a few tablespoons of honey in a water bath, add mustard and olive oil. Mix thoroughly until smooth. Pour the sauce to the turkey, carefully roll the meat in it, pour into the slots.
Cover the baking tray with baking paper and place the turkey there. Bake it for 1 hour at a temperature of 180 degrees.
Strain the marinade, it can be served with chopped pieces of the finished turkey in honey-mustard sauce. As a side dish for turkey, stewed vegetables, fresh sliced or light vegetable salad, canned peas and corn, potatoes are suitable. Cranberry sauce can also be served with the dish - a great, aromatic combination.
Turkey cooked in honey mustard sauce is ready. You can invite guests.