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Christmas Recipes: Main Dishes. No.5 Of 12 - Turkey Meatballs With Cranberry

By: Paul Curran



Christmas recipe serves: 4
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Calories per serving: 875
Suitable for freezing after step 3.

Christmas Recipe Ingredients:

  • Sherry or balsamic vinegar, 15 ml (1 tbsp)
  • Caster Sugar, 10 ml (2 tsp)
  • Salt and pepper
  • Olive oil, 120 ml (8 tbsp)
  • Cranberries, fresh or frozen 50 g (2 oz)
  • Celery, 125 g (4 oz)
  • Walnuts, toasted 50 g (2 oz)
  • Turkey, roasted meat 450 g (1 lb)
  • Garlic cloves, 2
  • Olive oil, 15 ml (1 tbsp)
  • Fennel seeds (optional), 10 ml (2 tsp)
  • Oregano, dried 10 ml (2 tsp)
  • Cranberry sauce, 30 ml (2 tbsp)
  • Breadcrumbs, fresh 125 g (4 oz)
  • Eggs, 2
  • Parmesan cheese, freshly grated 50 g (2 oz)
  • Oil
  • Green salad

Christmas Recipe Instructions:

  1. Chop the turkey, walnuts and celery into small pieces. Crush peeled garlic. Cook the oregano, fennel seeds, garlic and celery in oil for about five minutes. Then add the cranberry sauce. leave to cool.

  2. Add salt and pepper to the vinegar and sugar, mix in the oil and cranberries. Heat to boiling, cook for 1 minute and leave to cool.

  3. Combine salt and pepper, parmesan cheese, walnuts, eggs, breadcrumbs, celery mixture and turkey. Split into twelve golf-sized meatballs.

  4. Deep-fat fry the meatballs until golden brown (about 4 minutes). Place them on kitchen towel paper to soak up the oil and serve onto green salad sprinkled with cranberry dressing from step 1.

Paul Curran - EzineArticles Expert Author

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