Recipes
Turkey dijonnaise
In many countries, and especially in America, turkey is the favourite traditional festive meal for Christmas and Thanksgiving. Micheal Logozzo, our guest in Vegeta’s kitchen, prepared it in an unusual, modern and American-European style.
| Preparation time | 2 h |
|---|---|
| Demanding |  |
| Energetic value | 773 kcal / 3231 kJ |
| Table of nutritive values | |
Ingredients
 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 1.3 kg | turkey breast pieces |
| 1 tablespoon | dijon mustard |
| 1 tablespoon | grape mustard (mustard with coarse ground mustard grains) |
| freshly ground black pepper | |
| salt | |
| 100 ml | dry white wine or 50 ml of vermouth |
| 30 g | butter |
| 300 ml | sweet cream |
| 2-3 | apples |
| 2-3 | pears |
| 50 ml | oil |
| 1 tablespoon | Vegeta |
Preparation
- Marinate the turkey: smear the meat with a mixture of mustard and Vegeta. Let stand for about 2 hours at room temperature.
- Put oil, marinated turkey breasts into the baking dish, add pepper and roast in oven preheated at 180°C for about 90 minutes (depending on the quantity of meat). Baste occasionally with water and when almost done baste with wine or vermouth.
- Heat butter in a pan, add apples and pears previously pealed and sliced and sauté briefly. Add sweet cream, mustard collected from the top of the meat and roasting juices. Reduce heat and simmer the sauce gently for about 5-10 minutes.
- If desired, add pepper and salt to taste and pour the sauce over the cut meat.
Serving
Serve turkey dijonnaise warm with wide noodles, rice or corn soufflé.
Advice
Instead of turkey breasts you may use chicken which reduces time necessary for preparation.
Little secret
Mustard and roasting juice will additionally enrich the fruit sauce.
Nutritional values
Energetic and nutritional values have been calculated per meal.
| Nutrient | Unit of measurement | Quantity | RDA (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women* | men* | |||
| Total proteins | g | 63,96 | - | - |
| Total carbohydrates | g | 24,16 | - | - |
| Total fat | g | 43,21 | - | - |
| Diet fibres | g | 3,32 | - | - |
| Cholesterol | mg | 219,81 | - | - |
| Vitamin A | IU | 673,43 | 17 | 13 |
| Niacin | mg | 25,39 | 181 | 127 |
| Vitamin D | IU | 46,47 | 23 | 23 |
| Vitamin E | IU | 7,73 | 35 | 35 |
| Calcium | mg | 110,71 | 11 | 11 |
| Phosphor | mg | 509,03 | 64 | 64 |
| Potassium | mg | 872,80 | 24 | 24 |
| Sodium | g | 0,26 | 0 | 0 |
* RDA is based on daily intake for women of 2000 kcal, for men 2900 kcal, from 25 to 50 years of age. (Data source: DRI reports - Macronutrients, Elements, Vitamins, www.nap.edu; Genesis R&D and Podravka d.d.)
