Left-Over Turkey Meatballs in Spicy Tomato Sauce
Thanksgiving is over and your fridge is stuffed with a small mountain of leftover turkey. What to do? Forget Turkey sandwiches, we have a few creative tips on how to re-use that Turkey to make delicious meals for your whole family. This filling meal is a great way to end the day and refuel. By replacing darker meats (like beef) with turkey, this recipe becomes a much healthier alternative to your usual meatball dishes. Creating your own meatballs also gives you more control over what you’re putting into your body.
Ingredients
For The Sauce
- 1 peeledonion
- 1celery stick
- 1 tbspgarlic oil
- 0.5 tspchili flakes
- 2 x 400 g canschopped tomatoes
- 1 tspsugar
- 1 tspsalt and black pepper
For The Meatballs
- 500 gturkey mince
- 1beaten egg
- 3 tbspbread crumbs
- 3 tbspgrated parmesan cheese
- 1 tspworcestershire sauce
- 0.5 tspdried thyme
Steps
STEP 1
For the sauce, put the onion and the celery into the food processor and blitz to a mush, tip into a large glass bowl. (Reserve 2 tbsp of the mixture for the meatballs).
STEP 2
Add the garlic oil and chili flakes and cook on MEDIUM MICROWAVE for 3 mins. Add the cans of tomatoes + ¾ can of water, sugar and salt and pepper. Stir well and cook on SIMMER MICROWAVE for 10 mins while you do the meatballs.
STEP 3
Put all the ingredients for the meatballs, including the reserved onion and celery mixture in a bowl and gently mix together with your hands. Don’t over mix or this will make the meatballs dense and heavy.
STEP 4
Take a generous heaped tsp of mixture and roll it into a ball between the palms of your hands.
STEP 5
Drop the meatballs gently into the hot sauce.
STEP 6
Place back into the microwave and cook on SIMMER MICROWAVE for 15 mins or until cooked through.
STEP 7
Serve over a bowl of spaghetti and finish with a good grating of Parmesan cheese and torn basil leaves.
Enjoy
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