Friday, 30 December 2011

Pork and turkey meatballs.

I can't resist a bargain in my supermarket so just had to buy the pork and the turkey mince which was heavily reduced. What follows is an adaption of an Italian recipe. As advised, I tasted the first lot cooked to check the seasoning. What a mistake. I couldn't stop. These are simply delicious. The recipe  makes about fifty.

Pork and Turkey Polpttini

                                                         2 cups fresh bread crumbs
                                                         1 cup milk
                                                         500g turkey mince
                                                         500g pork mince
                                                         1 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
                                                         Grated rind and juice of 1 lemon
                                                         1/2 cup chopped parsly
                                                         1 egg
                                                         1 1/2 teaspoons lemon pepper
                                                         Plain flour for coating
                                                         Bran or canola oil for frying
                                                        

                                                       Soak the breadcrumbs in the milk
                                                       and leave for 5 minutes. Add the
                                                       minces, parmesan, parsley, egg,
                                                       lemon juice and rind and lemon pepper.
                                                       Mix together well. Roll teaspoons of the
                                                       mix in flour and fry gently in a non-stick
                                                       frypan, in batches.
                                                      
                                                      These can be served warm as a nibbles or
                                                       in a rich tomato sauce over pasta.