Roasted Turkey Roulade

We opted to make a roasted turkey roulade to accompany our ham for the Thanksgiving festivities. With turkey coming in around $3.00 a pound, Big Guy remembered this recipe that only uses the breast of the turkey. “Why pay for the weight of the bones,” exclaimed the Big Guy.

It was good to revisit this recipe. We first made it the year Ina Garten included it in her cookbook, Back to Basics. The overall idea of the recipe is to encase your dressing in the rolled turkey breast. I love this dressing recipe because it is very flavorful. The stars of the dressing are sage sausage, cranberries, and pine nuts just to name the first three ingredients found in it.

It was a multi-staged process, but so worth the effort. In fact, the turkey disappeared so fast at the family gathering we wondered if we should have made a bigger turkey breast and a smaller ham. There is always next year!