Turketta in bacon weave

Canugghead

Deboned a turkey for grinding and decided to save half a breast for this unplanned cook.
https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2013/11/turkey-porchetta-food-lab-recipe.html
Used above recipe with these mods:
- dry brined the turkey couple of hours and omitted salt in the rub/paste
- added rehydrated dehydrated orange peel 
- wrapped turkey roll in bacon weave
- cooked low and slow in Traeger Ranger at 250 till IT 150
Came out real nice/juicy, the orange peel kicked it up a notch! Should have saved the other half breast too.

alaskanassasin

That’s beautiful! 

smokingal

Such a pretty presentation.  Nice work!

Dobie

smokingal said:

Such a pretty presentation.  Nice work!

Agree this is awesome 😎 

@smokingal nice profile pic, I have that pic with an egg if you want it. 

MasterC

That look's tasty, nice cook there 

Canugghead

Thanks all for the kind words.

nolaegghead

Looks bright!

Mattman3969

That looks really good.   I enjoy orange flavor with my turkey too.  

johnnyp

beautiful cook

Botch

Stunner!  

caliking

Looks great, Gary 👏🏾👏🏾 I think this would take more manual dexterity than I am capable of

I rediscovered lemon and orange zest last year. Makes a real impact on the flavor of whatever it goes into. 

Canugghead

Funny @caliking mentioned dexterity, this was almost a flop!
More info on the prep/cook:
- I used shrink wrap to tighten the roll sans bacon, then put in freezer 15 min to firm up. Would be easier if you have meat glue.
- Anyone can weave a bacon mat after watching online vids.
- I placed the roll in the middle of the mat seam down, then brought up mat from both sides, i.e. kept the seams opposite each other.
- Started cooking bacon seam down, about 10 min into the cook I took a peek and noticed the log started drooping. Panic mode! butcher strings saved the day 

We use dehydrated peel in tea and baking too, so versatile and the price is right.