Smoked Herbed Turkey Breast

This one takes a bit of time, but it's well worth the wait and the fuss.

1 boned whole breast of turkey (I can't seem to find it already boned, so I buy the frozen one and bone it myself--maybe you're luckier than I and can get it)
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
2-3 fresh bruised rosemary quills (or about 1 tsp dry)
3 cloves garlic, crushed
salt/pepper

1 hickory wood chip smoke pouch*

In a very large ziplock bag, combine the turkey breast, oil, garlic, rosemary, salt and pepper. Seal the bag and mush it up a bit to coat the turkey. Place in refrigerator for at least 4 hrs or overnight.

Prepare your BBQ for indirect cooking. I use gas so I light one side and cook on the unlit side. Prepare wood chips by soaking about 2 cups of chips in warm water for 30 min. Place soaked, drained wood chips on a large piece of heavy-duty aluminum foil and top with about 1 cup of *dry* wood chips (for the tinder). Seal foil like a pouch and poke lots of holes in both sides with a fork.

Once grill is preheated(0n HIGH for gas), place the smoke pouch on the LIT side of the BBQ (or over direct heat if you are using a source other than gas. I put the pouch directly on the gas jet). Close the lid of the BBQ and wait till you see/smell smoke. Working quickly to avoid smoke loss, place turkey breast on UNLIT side of grill. Close the lid and reduce the heat on the lit side to LOW. Cook for about 2-2 1/2 hrs or until meat thermometer reads 170 degrees F (about 75 C). Remove turkey and tent with foil to let the meat "rest" for about 15 min.

Serve and enjoy. Wonderful for planned leftovers as it makes terrific sandwiches.

NOTE--To save cleaning up big time, I put a drip pan below the the grill rack under the meat. You could also put about a cup of dry white wine and other herbs in the drip pan so you can "perfume" the meat as it cooks. This will infuse a wonderful sub-flavor to the turkey or any other meat cooked by indirect heating methods.

*You can also use a smoker box if you have one, but why waste $$? The foil way is cheaper, cleaner and recyclable as well.