Stuffed Turkey Breast Steaks in Blankets serve 2 upwards so perfect for a small scale Christmas celebration! Turkey breast steaks are stuffed with sausage meat flavoured with orange zest and parsley, then wrapped in bacon and finished off with fronds of rosemary.
Small Scale Christmas Dinner
At this time of year it’s expected that most of us will have a turkey dinner at Christmas or Thanksgiving.
However, not everyone needs or can consume an entire turkey in their household. Some people have vegetarians in their family and others just need to cater for one or two. With this in mind, I decided to make Stuffed Turkey Breast Steaks in Blankets for a small scale Christmas dinner.
This turkey dinner serves 2 but you can scale it up to however many servings you need.
You could almost call this an emergency Christmas turkey dinner!
Sometimes plans change at the last minute so turkey, pigs in blankets and sausage meat stuffing can be hard to come by at the last minute. These Turkey Steaks in Blankets are like having your Christmas turkey and all the trimmings rolled into one!
Can you prepare the turkey steaks in advance?
Stuffed Turkey Breast Steaks in Blankets are easy to make and prep in advance. You could assemble them in the morning and then cover and leave in the fridge until needed.
Where can you buy turkey breast steaks?
I buy mine in Morrisons.
What can you serve with Stuffed Turkey Breast Steaks?
- Crispy Coated Roast Potatoes
- Vichy Carrots with Thyme (Glazed Carrots)
- The Best Roast Parsnips
- Perfect Brussels Sprouts
- Easy Cranberry & Red Wine Sauce
How do you make Stuffed Turkey Breast Steaks in Blankets?
First you mix your parsley and orange zest into the sausage meat.
Then you bash the turkey steaks with a rolling pin to flatten.
Spread the stuffing over the turkey steaks.
Roll the steaks up.
Stretch the bacon using a knife.
Wrap the turkey parcels in the bacon.
Stab little holes in the parcels and insert sprigs of rosemary and roast.
Once cooked rest for 10 minutes, then serve with gravy and vegetables.
I’m sure you’ll love this micro Christmas dinner (or Thanksgiving dinner) so do tag @fabfood4all on social media if you make it! Better still leave a comment and rating below!
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Post previously published Dec 2012 but updated for Christmas 2020. We may be in lockdown but we can do this! Merry Christmas xx
Stuffed Turkey Breasts in Blankets
Ingredients
- 2 turkey breast steaks about 285g/11oz
- 125 g/ 5oz sausage meat (from sausages)
- 1 small handful parsley chopped
- grated zest of half small orange make sure you wash it
- 4 rashers back bacon or streaky smoked or unsmoked
- 2 sprigs rosemary cut into 8 - 10 small pieces
- olive oil
- sea salt and freshly ground pepper
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200°C.
- Mix the stuffing with the parsley and grated orange zest
- Put the turkey steaks on a chopping mat, cover with cling film and flatten (bashing) with a rolling pin until about 1cm thick, season with salt and pepper.
- Divide and spread out the stuffing mixture between the 2 steaks and roll them up lengthways.
- Then stretch the bacon by dragging the blade of a knife sideways across it at about a 10° angle.
- Wrap each rolled up turkey steak in 2 rashers of bacon.
- Stab the top of each parcel with a thin sharp knife 5 times evenly spaced across the top, then insert a piece of rosemary into each hole.
- Place in a roasting tin with a drizzle of olive oil over the top and roast in the centre of your oven for 35 minutes or until cooked.
- Allow to rest for 10 minutes covered in foil.
- Remove the rosemary sprigs, slice the turkey parcels up into neat slices and serve with vegetables and gravy.
Lisa
Do you happen to have nutrition information, calories, etc…?
Camilla
Hi Lisa, I’m afraid I don’t and am not well at the moment so forgive me for not going to a calorie calculator site to do this for you.
Dustin
I want to make this recipe year round! This is so perfect for the holidays and everyone will be sure love it.
Camilla
That’s not a bad idea at all Dustin, enjoy:-)
Nic | Nic's Adventures & Bakes
Thank your for sharing, this would be perfect for a solo christmas dinner for those on their own this year 🙂
Camilla
Thank you Nic, it’s so good:-)
Christy
Definitely a great idea for any small holiday gathering (or even a big one, just doubling the recipe) so I’m saving this for sure! Looks absolutely fabulous, thank you!
Camilla
Thanks Christy, it’s so handy to not have to miss out on a turkey dinner when things have to be scaled back:-)
Chloe Edges
Fab idea, especially for this year when many people will be having to keep things smaller!
Camilla
Thanks Chloe, yes sadly this is the perfect recipe for this year!
Liz W
I fully intend to try this recipe. Will it be possible to do all the preparation then freeze the roll ups?
Camilla
As long as all your ingredients haven’t previously been frozen then there’s no reason why you couldn’t do that. A very good idea, you’d probably need to allow 24 hrs in the fridge to thaw as overnight probably not long enough.
Liz W
Today I made two, one was cooked and eaten, it was sooo tasty! The other was frozen, ready for cooking another day!
Camilla
Excellent Liz, so glad you enjoyed it:-)
Choclette
Now that our Christmas has been cancelled, I’ve got to come up with something vaguely festive to eat on the day. We have no Christmas food in the house, so scratching my head a bit.
Camilla
So many families in the same boat this year sadly. I’m sure you’ll come up with something fab and festive:-) Happy Christmas xx
Ursula Hunt
Its a shame we only have turkey at christmas
William Gould
This looks like a really good but different way of serving up a Sunday roast!
Camilla
It’s almost better than a Sunday roast and turned out to be better than our Christmas dinner LOL!
Kaci Soderstrom
Oh those look so cute and delicious!
Paul Wilson
Delicious!
Jackie Chapman
I really like the sound of this! There are only 3 of us for lunch, our family get together later in the day so this is perfect for us. Thank you!
Anne Dalzell
I love turkey and i love stuffing, this sounds melt in the mouth delicious.
Richard
Hmm, nice bit of squirrel
Camilla
Ha ha!! #FridayNightDinner
Jane Middleton
Thanks for all the pictures, makes it easy to follow.
Camilla
Thank you:-)
Susan Joyce Rogers
This looks lovely and your pictures make it easy to follow,ideal for just a couple will definitely try
Camilla
Fab and thank you:-)
Ursula Hunt
that last comment should have read sounds great and one to remember for christmas – sorry about the error!
ujhunt1961
Sounds seand one to remember for the festive season
Ann Robinson
Sometimes a whole turkey can be to much so this is good as you can just get some breasts and have no waste
Carolyn Clapham
Just the thing now that the summer heat is over. Sounds lovely.
Camilla
Thank you:-)
bev
Very showy!
Geoff Clark
I hope I remember this one when Christmas comes around
Carolyn Clapham
I know Christmas is a long way off, but that doesn’t half look lovely!
Paul Wilson
That does look good.
Maya Russell
A lovely, quick roast. Thank you for the pictures too.
Camilla
Pleasure:-)
Melissa Nicholls
Hi Camilla. I’m hoping you can help because my oven has broken and I’m panicing right before Christmas! Could this recipe be adapted to pan fry the turkey steaks rather than put them in a roasting tin in the oven? If so, how long would I need to pan fry them for? Thanks!
Camilla
Hi I’ve never pan fried this but if you did want to I think a meat thermometer would be your best bet to check that it was cooked through.
Lisa Williams
perfect something easy and tasty for xmas dinner 🙂 Thank you !
Camilla
Glad to be of help:-)
Heather Haigh
Going Christmas shopping today which made me remember this recipe. Not everyone in my famiily likes Turkey, but my hubby loves it, I think I need to bookmark this.
Heather Haigh
Wow, that has made me hungry. 🙂
Karen
A VERY clever way to serve turkey in an imaginative way Camilla! THANKS for linking up……Karen xxx
Camilla
Thanks Karen. Another year I think I will do this as only 3 of us had turkey on Christmas Day. On the plus side we had lots of leftovers to freeze and use another day:-)
Jacqueline @How to be a Gourmand
Camilla – what a delicious way to enjoy Turkey over Christmas. I like the stuffing you have used in the bird – I’m sure it adds lots of moisture and prevents it from drying out (which is often the case I find with turkey).
A beautifully presented Christmas dish 🙂
Camilla
Ah, thank you Jacqueline!