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Ingredients:

  • 1 bone-in turkey breast
  • 1 tsp butter, melted
  • 2 large, firm bosc pears
  • 1 tsp orange zest
  • 4 tsp honey
  • black pepper to taste

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 400F

2. Rinse turkey under cold water, pat dry. Coat the turkey with melted butter and season with black pepper and place on a non-stick pan. Cook turkey for 10 minutes then reduce oven temperature to 325F and cook for 1 1/2 hours or until juices run clear.

3. About 1 hour before turkey is done, cut the pears in half, core and cut in half again. In a large bowl, gently toss pears with orange zest, honey and 1/4 cup of water. Arrange pears on top and around the turkey breast. Turn them twice while roasting.

4. Remove from oven and loosely cover with aluminum foil, let stand for 10 minutes. Remove skin before weighing your portion.

4 OZ TURKEY & WHOLE PEAR = 1 SERVING