Lemon Turkey Breast Larded with Green Olive Tapenade

Preparation info
  • Makes

    6 to 8

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      1 hr 20

Appears in
Mastering the Grill: The Owner's Manual for Outdoor Cooking

By Andrew Schloss and David Joachim

Published 2007

  • About

There are several ways of stuffing ingredients into a solid hunk of meat. You can cut a pocket in the center, butterfly it, or disperse the stuffing throughout the roast as is done here, a technique known as larding. Classically, larding is done to game meats to get fat (lardons) deep into the interior of meats that lack marbling. In this recipe, you make holes all over a meaty turkey breast and then plug them up with a tangy paste of green olives, garlic, and lemon. Try to space the holes