Jamaican Flare Turkey Roast With Jazzy Pineapple Salsa

Total Time: 2 hrs 5 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 cup scallion, minced
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 5 cloves garlic, minced
• 3 tablespoons ginger, grated
• 3 tablespoons fresh thyme leaves
• 1 scotch bonnet pepper, deveined minced and seeded (optional)
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon old bay seasoning
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 (4 lb) boned and rolled turkey breast
• 1 cup fresh pineapple, fine chopped
• 1/2 cup red onion, fine chopped
• 1/3 cup apricot-pineapple preserves
• 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
• 2 tablespoons lime juice
• 1 -1 1/2 tablespoon jalapeno, seeded and minced (optional)
• salt, to taste (optional)
• pepper, to taste (optional)

Recipe

• 1 for roast: first combine scallions, olive oil, garlic, ginger, thyme, scotch bonnet, brown sugar, old bay seasoning, black pepper, salt and allspice in a medium bowl.
• 2 mix until it forms a thick paste.
• 3 place clean turkey breast on your work surface, and with a knife, poke approximately 20 holes into the turkey breast, puncturing approximately 3/4 of the way through the meat.
• 4 pack these holes with your season paste very well.
• 5 if you have paste remaining, rub the rest of it all over the turkey breast.
• 6 wrap turkey breast tightly with plastic wrap, making sure that you've wrapped it completely, and refrigerate overnight.
• 7 when you are ready to cook your turkey breast, preheat your oven to 350 degrees f.
• 8 place your turkey on a rack in a large roasting pan.
• 9 cover tightly with foil and roast in the middle of the oven for 50 minutes, basting several times with pan juices.
• 10 remove the foil after 50 minutes, and roast uncovered for 30 minutes, basting several times.
• 11 after 30 minutes, set your oven to broil, and move your roast to the lowest oven rack.
• 12 broil turkey breast for approximately 5 to 10 minutes until it is golden brown.
• 13 check your turkey by inserting a thermometer in the center of the turkey.
• 14 it should register 170 degrees.
• 15 transfer your roast to a cutting board, and tent it with foil, allowing it to sit for 15 minutes.
• 16 cut into slices and serve with jazzy pineapple salsa.
• 17 to make salsa: in a non-reactive med.
• 18 bowl, combine all of the ingredients listed for salsa.
• 19 cover tightly and refrigerate for 1 day.
• 20 (it is easy to prepare right before marinating your turkey, so both will be prepared for the next day.) serve salsa at room temperature with your roasted turkey.
• 21 enjoy!