Mushroom & Sage Rolled Turkey Breast

This post may contain Amazon or other affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Don’t want to cook a whole bird this year? Consider this delicious low carb rolled turkey breast stuffed with mushrooms and sage. This post is sponsored by Volk Enterprises.

It is exactly 2 weeks from today that we uproot our family and move to the opposite coast of the continent. And if you quickly do the math and look at a calendar, you will see this means that we are moving a few days before Thanksgiving. We will arrive in the Pacific Northwest with practically nothing, as all our stuff will still be in transit from Boston. A few clothes, a few air beds, some sleeping bags and that’s about it. Our Thanksgiving this year will be very pared down and it’s likely we will be ordering our meal from the Whole Foods just up the street. And we will be eating it on paper plates with plastic cutlery, sitting at a card table borrowed from friends. I don’t think you can get more minimalist is than that!

So I’ve been cranking out the low carb Thanksgiving recipes early this year, so I can at least say I had some lovely home-cooked dishes, even if it’s not on the actual Turkey Day. And this stuffed turkey breast recipe is a serious winner and perfect for small families who don’t want to cook a whole ginormous bird. It was perhaps the most flavourful and moist turkey breast I’ve had in years and that’s saying a lot. I would easily consider making this my go-to turkey recipe and skipping the rest of the bird from now on. It was that good.

I developed the recipe because I was asked to try out these Pop-Up® Disposable Cooking Thermometers from Volk Enterprises. I have to say right off the bat how impressed I was with these unassuming-looking little timers. Can I even confess I didn’t quite trust it to work that well? I kept checking on the roast, worried that it was overcooking and that the timer wouldn’t actually pop. But pop it did, and when I tested out the internal temperature with another instant-read thermometer, it has reached 180F exactly as the Pop Up timer promised.

There are a whole range of these Pop Up® disposable cooking thermometers, ranging from 138F to 203F and they certainly take a lot of the guesswork out of cooking turkeys and other roasted meats. And astonishingly, they are even more accurate than most traditional probe cooking thermometers, as they are within +/- 2 degrees of accuracy. Because you are simply looking for the visual clue of the popped timer, you don’t have to constantly haul your turkey out of the oven to check on it. Keeping the oven door closed means your turkey can actually cook faster! I would absolutely use these pop-up timers from Volk again and not just for Turkey Day. If you want to learn more about Pop Up® disposable cooking thermometers, Like them on Facebook and follow them on Twitter. Also heck out this video: http://youtu.be/y3zSl97LLPo

If you’re buying a turkey with a pop-up timer this year, make sure to look for the registered Pop Up® name so that you know you are getting the accuracy of a disposable thermometer made by Volk.

Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Volk Enterprises. As always, all recipes, photography, thoughts, opinions, random tangents and incoherent ramblings are my own.

Mushroom & Sage Rolled Turkey Breast

Don’t want to cook a whole bird this year? Consider this delicious low carb rolled turkey breast stuffed with mushrooms and sage.

4.34 from 3 votes

Print Pin Rate

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 25

Cook Time: 1

Total Time: 1 25

Servings: servings

Calories: 311kcal

Ingredients

¼ cup coconut oil or butter, divided, room temperature
10 ounces mushrooms finely chopped
1 clove garlic minced
Salt and pepper to taste
3 tablespoon chopped fresh sage divided
1 boneless butterfiled turkey breast (3 to 4 lbs)
1 180 F Pop Up® disposable cooking thermometer (optional, but very useful!)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375F.
In a large saute pan over medium heat, heat 2 tablespoon butter or oil until melted and beginning to froth. Add mushrooms and cook, stirring frequently, for 2 or 3 minutes. Add garlic, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and continue to cook until most of the liquid has evaporated, 4 or 5 minutes more.
Add 2 tablespoon chopped sage and cook 1 minute more. Remove from heat.
Remove skin from turkey breast and set aside (do not discard). Lay turkey breast on a work surface and cover with plastic wrap. Pound with a kitchen mallet to an even ½ to 1-inch thickness.
Spread mushroom mixture evenly over turkey breast, leaving a 1 inch border and roll up from the short end tightly into a log. Wrap reserved skin over log and tie at several intervals with kitchen twine.
Place on a broiling pan and rub all over with remaining butter or oil. Sprinkle with remaining sage and season with salt and pepper.
Place pop-up timer, if using, into thickest part of the turkey roll (pierce the skin with a sharp knife if need be).
Roast until timer pops up or until internal temperature reaches 180F, approximately 50 to 60 minutes.

Notes

Serves 8. Each serving has 1.9 g of carbs and .71 g of fiber. Total NET CARBS = 1.19 g.

Food energy: 311kcal
Saturated fatty acids: 5.66g
Total fat: 11.39g
Calories from fat: 102
Cholesterol: 98mg
Carbohydrate: 1.90g
Total dietary fiber: 0.71g
Protein: 45.26g
Sodium: 1130mg

Nutrition Facts

Mushroom & Sage Rolled Turkey Breast

Amount Per Serving

Calories 311 Calories from Fat 103

% Daily Value*

Fat 11.39g18%

Saturated Fat 5.66g28%

Cholesterol 98mg33%

Sodium 1130mg47%

Carbohydrates 1.9g1%

Fiber 0.71g3%

Protein 45.26g91%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Spinach Artichoke Portobello Quiches

Pork, Mushroom and Cabbage Stir-Fry

Brown Butter Mushroom Soup

Please note that I am not a medical or nutritional professional. I am simply recounting and sharing my own experiences on this blog. Nothing I express here should be taken as medical advice and you should consult with your doctor before starting any diet or exercise program. I provide nutritional information for my recipes simply as a courtesy to my readers. It is calculated using MacGourmet software and I remove erythritol from the final carb count and net carb count, as it does not affect my own blood glucose levels. I do my best to be as accurate as possible but you should independently calculate nutritional information on your own before relying on them. I expressly disclaim any and all liability of any kind with respect to any act or omission wholly or in part in reliance on anything contained in this website.

We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.

Mushroom & Sage Rolled Turkey Breast