Turkey meat is a healthy, hypoallergenic product that can be eaten without age restrictions. Today, many mothers prefer the turkey as the first meat product for the baby. In old age, when the use of fatty pork and beef meat is recommended to be reduced, turkey can be an excellent alternative to these products, as it contains significantly less cholesterol and fat.
There are many options for turkey meat dishes. For example, from it you can cook such a popular and beloved dish as cutlets, and they will turn out to be very tender and juicy.
To cook turkey cutlets, you can use ready-made minced meat, but it is better to cook this semi-finished product yourself. In this case, for the minced meat, it is worth using different parts of the carcass, that is, mix the meat from the brisket and from the turkey drumstick. Then the mince will turn out to be moderately juicy and bold. Of course, you can use only one type of meat, but cutlets can turn out to be rather dry from one breast.
In addition to the minced meat, the following products will be required for cooking the "turkey cutlets" dish: white bread or rolls, milk, onions and other seasonings to taste. That is, we will cook minced meat according to the same principle as if we made meat cutlets. The only exception is that you should not add a raw egg to cutlets from turkey, otherwise they will turn out harsh.
For the rest, you need to act in the same way as cooking ordinary cutlets. Surely, every cook has some of his favorite minced meat additives. For example, fresh herbs or garlic.
Ready, well-mixed minced meat needs to be beaten off. Of course, for this operation you do not need to use a hammer to beat. We do it much easier with minced meat. We take a meatball and forcefully throw it into a bowl. You need to do this 10-12 times, this operation helps to make cutlets more tender, and this applies to any kind of minced meat, including meat.
Broken minced meat must be cut into cutlets, put them on a board, cover with cling film and refrigerate for half an hour to “ripen”. Then the cutlets are breaded in flour or breadcrumbs and fried in oil.
The above recipe is a classic option, but there are many more other ways to cook turkey cutlets.
For example, for those who follow a diet, fried meatballs are undesirable, and the addition of minced bread helps to increase calorie content. In this case, it is worth cooking turkey baked in the oven or steam cutlets , the recipe of which does not contain bread. Instead of bread rolls, you can put fresh cabbage or zucchini, previously crushed in a blender, in diet cutlets . These steamed meat and vegetable cutlets can also be eaten by babies after a year and a half.
I must say that turkey minced meatballs can be cooked on the festive table. For example, you can make them "under a fur coat." To do this, ready-made cutlets (it is better to make them round) are laid out in a greased baking sheet, a circle of fresh tomato and a ring of bell pepper are laid out on top of each. Then, grated cheese is poured over the vegetables on a hill. The dish is baked in the oven until the cheese is melted. This option is convenient in that cutlets can be cooked several hours before the arrival of guests, and baked immediately before serving.
You can cook cutlets with filling, for example, when forming, wrap ham and cheese in each block, you will get a variation on the theme of the “cordon blue” dish. Or make them with mushroom filling by stewing fresh or boiled dried mushrooms in oil. If you submit to such stuffed cutlets an exquisite sauce, for example, cranberry, then the dish will be able to take the most worthy place on the festive table.