Great substitute for store bought cold cuts, but much better. No additives, preservatives – just pure delicious.
Ingredients:
- Turkey breast (bone and skin removed)
- Marinade
- Spice Mixture
- Butter – 2 tbsp
For marinade:
- Water – ~1.5 liter/32 ounces, maybe a little more, just to cover turkey breast
- Juice of half lemon + optional orange or grapefruit juice
- Garlic – 3-4 cloves (smashed)
- Ginger – 1 inch piece, sliced
- Salt – 1/4 cup
- Sugar – 1 tbsp
- Apple cider vinegar – 1/4 cup
For spice mixture:
- Salt – 1/2 tsp
- Black pepper – 1/4 tsp
- White pepper – 1/4 tsp
- Paprika – 1 tsp
- Cayenne – 1/4 tsp
- Cinnamon – 1/4 tsp
- Cumin – 1tsp
- Dry garlic – 1tsp
Directions:
- Pour water into a deep pan
- Add salt, sugar, vinegar, make sure salt and sugar dissolves
- Place turkey breast into a pan
- Squeeze lemon juice into the marinade, add garlic and ginger
- Let it marinade in the fridge for several hours or overnight
- Mix your spices
- When it’s marinated (after several hours or overnight) – pat dry turkey breast
- Place on a rack over deep baking sheet
- Massage turkey breast with the spice mixture
- Pour 3-4 cups of hot water into the baking sheet, so the turkey breast remains moist, but it shouldn’t touch it.
- Add couple of bay leaves and all spice to the hot water
- Preheat your oven to 275-300 °F
- Place baking sheet into oven and roast 2-2.5 hours
- After an hour baste the breast with melted butter to develop stronger crust
- Add more hot water in case it evaporated.
- Repeat basting couple more times till fully cooked
- Let it cool down
- Serve cold or room temperature
