I roasted Torrisi's turkey breast just to 135 degrees & chilled it. How long/what oven temp is best for reheating it back to 135 degrees?
Also, will it require the ice water bath once I get it back up to 135 degrees, before putting it in the hot oven to finish the glaze?
Finally, what your thoughts on whether it should rest before slicing, and if so, for how long? I'm roasting a rather small turkey breast.
Here is the link to the recipe: https://food52.com/recipes...
Thank you so much.
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I'm posting this a third time because my earlier posts were not answered, and have slipped down several pages into ignominy.
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Also, for the record, we weren't quite as enthusiastic about the garlic glaze that many commenters on the recipe have been. Even realizing that ours did not have the benefit of the full final high temperature roast, I am not sure that the glaze here, which seemed a bit one-dimensional in an Applebee's kind of way, is worth the effort. I'm going to play with more interesting alternatives. Cheers. ;o)
The problem for me at this point is that I have a chilled, partially-cooked turkey breast in my fridge that I need to finish cooking tomorrow when I get back from my hike. What's the best technique for doing that, given the final blast of heat that is anticipated in the finishing stage? Thank you so, so much! ;o)
Success! I cooked the rather small turkey breast, well wrapped, in a 300° (convection) oven for about 30 minutes, shocked it, and then proceeded according to the instructions. The smaller size resulted in the meat cooking more quickly, so the glaze was not finished quite as much as one might like. But the meat itself was sensational. I'm completely sold on the low and slow concept. ;o) P.S. in case anyone is interested, I actually did the initial cooking of the turkey breast several weeks ago, chilled it well after shocking, wrapped up tightly and froze it, until defrosting in the refrigerator earlier this week. I did my "smothered in gravy" (braised leg meat, took off the bone and froze in the braising liquid) at the same time. Perfect results, on both accounts.
And I took an 11-mile hike up and over Mount Tam yesterday, before starting my dinner activities at about 4 PM.
I did that because I am hiking Mt. Tam tomorrow (as I always do on Thanksgiving Day), and wanted to do as much advance prep as possible. The recipe is broken into two stages - cook at very low heat for several hours (which frankly, I don't have tomorrow afternoon), and then finish/glaze at a higher temperature.
I thought I could do the first part ahead of time and then finish later, especially when I read the comments on the recipe itself, which suggested that the Torrisi people probably do just that when making dozens of these at a time at the restaurant, for finishing one at a time later: cook, stop the cooking with an ice water bath, put in the cold room the ones they don't need right away, and then finish on an as-needed basis.
Thanks again. ;o)