Ingredients:
whole turkey breast
white wine
Caribbean jerk
cayenne
garlic
basil
injector
smoker
cured red oak and green ouisache wood
This recipe is for a whole turkey
breast (from a 20+ pound turkey hen), with the skin left on. A
barbeque pit with a smoker section is best for this recipe. A large
cooking syringe made specifically for injecting spices works best.
I'm sure that this recipe will not be followed to the letter in every
regard, but get it as close as possible for best results.
Mix the white wine and fine
ground spices in a sauce pan and cook until all alcohol has
been boiled off. Adjust spices to taste. Allow to cool. Load injector
with the mix and pump deep into the thawed turkey breast. Allow to
sit in a large (2 gallon) zip bag overnight, with the remainder of
the wine/spice mix, to marinate fully. Turn periodically to stir
spice mix.
Place uncovered in the cooking part of
the barbeque pit at a steady 300° fueled by cured red oak until
done (meat thermometer reads 180° interior temp). Then transfer
the turkey to the smoker and add ouisache to begin the smoking
process. Allow to cook for at least an additional 4 hours, longer if
a smokier taste is desired.
Allow to cool to the touch before
carving for best results.
Don't expect leftovers.
The remainder of the turkey can be
injected and fried in peanut oil, baked in the oven, whatever suits
one's fancy. Cook plain for the kids (or others) if they are picky
eaters and don't know what they're missing.