Cloning Boar's Head honey maple turkey breast

[jmolinari]

Anyone have any ideas where to begin? I'd like to create a turkey breast like Boar's Head honey maple turkey at home, using a whole turkey breast instead of their processed stuff.

any ideas welcome. Not sure where to start even.

jason

[Chris Amirault]

I'm not familiar with that particular Boar's Head item. What are the features you want to recreate?

[jmolinari]

Mostly the flavor. It is mapley and honey-y without being outright sweet. It's some tasty stuff!

[rooftop1000]

This turkey is actually very Ham-like...tasty too. I would definatly brine maybe with that starting to carry the maple flavor. Then you will need to slow roast and baste often to develope the shellack for lack of a better term on the skinlees meat.

Let us now as you go forward

tracey

[jmolinari]

I wonder if sous vide could come in handy here...

[UnConundrum]

I wonder if sous vide could come in handy here...

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I agree. I've had some great results with sous-vide turkey breasts.... Often commented how the texture was like lunch meat without all the chemicals. But I have no idea how to duplicate the taste. I'd suggest starting with what makes sense, and running a few tests.

[jmolinari]

I think i'll sous vide it with honey and maple syrup..we'll see what comes out!

[UnConundrum]

I think i'll sous vide it with honey and maple syrup..we'll see what comes out!

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I'd love to hear your results and recipe.....

[jmolinari]

I'll keep the board up to date on my experiments.

I think i'll sous vide at 145 for about 3-5 hours. I'll use a boneless 1/2 turkey breast as a start.

I'm going to have to freeze the syrup and honey so i don't suck it out of the bag.

[jmolinari]

Reviving this old topic, as i've just gotten around to starting some trials.

1/2 boneless turkey breast - 1.5 lbs or so

30g honey

30g maple syrup

6g salt.

All into a vac bag, and sous vided at 146 for 2.5 hours.

Good turkey, no flavor of honey or maple syrup what so ever.

next trial will be brining in a honey/maple/salt solution.

jason