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Here's a recipe for turkey that I've used in the past and am using again
this Thanksgiving.  The gravy is delicious and yet contains no flour of any
kind.  Have had excellent success with this for Holiday meals.  Enjoy -
Nancy

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Brine-cured turkey breast with turkey bacon, roasted pears and roast-pear
gravy

Comment:  Soaking the turkey breast in salt water creates the most moist
smoothly textured turkey breast - it's not so much a flavor thing as a
texture thing.   The roast-pear gravy looks exactly like traditional turkey
gravy, but with no flour or additives.

 Serves 8

Ingredients:
1 -  6 1/2  - 7 pound all-natural turkey breast
2 -  12 ounces thin-sliced turkey bacon
3 -  (about 3 pounds) assorted large, firm pears such as Bartlett,
       Comice or Anjou,

To prepare:
Soak thawed or fresh turkey breast in a large pot of cold water to cover,
with I pound kosher salt.
Refrigerate for six hours.
Remove, breast, rinse under cold water, pat dry.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Season breast with,." I   teaspoon coarse ground black pepper.
Lay strips of turkey bacon in a tightly overlapping pattern to cover the
entire breast securing with toothpicks if needed.
Wrap breast tightly with double layer of cheesecloth, making sure top,
bottom and sides are covered.
Place breast in large, heavy, flat roasting pan.
Cover breast tightly with foil.  Roast for, 75 minutes.
 Halve pears, remove seeds and stem.,
After turkey has roasted 75 minutes, surround with pears, cut side down.
Roast another 45 minutes.
Remove foil and turn pears over.
Roast another 30 minutes or until meat thermometer registers 160 degrees.
(Total cooking time is about 2 1/2 hours)
Remove pan from oven.
Transfer turkey and pears to large platter.
Let the turkey sit 15 minutes while you prepare gravy.

Gravy
Add 2 cups boiling water to pan juices and scrape up all drippings and
brown bits.
Pour though a fine strainer and reserve.
Cut half the pears into chunks and place in blender.
Process until very smooth, slowly adding reserved liquid.
Transfer gravy to a small pot and keep warm adding salt and pepper to
taste.

Serving
Carefully remove cheesecloth from turkey.
Remove bacon.
Slice breast.
Serve turkey slices with some turkey bacon, roasted pear half, and gravy.