TURKEY KOFTAS WITH GLAZED RED CABBAGE
TURKEY KOFTAS WITH GLAZED RED CABBAGE
TURKEY KOFTAS WITH GLAZED RED CABBAGE

Ingredients
  • 150g/5½oz turkey mince
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 25g/1oz unsalted butter
  • 1 tsp olive oil
  • ½ onion
  • chopped
  • 1 garlic clove
  • chopped
  • ½ small red cabbage
  • sliced
  • ½ apple
  • peeled
  • cored and chopped
  • ½ miniature bottle port
  • 2tbsp brown sugar
  • 2tbsp balsamic vinegar
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
  • Soak three wooden skewers in a bowl of water for ten minutes
  • For the koftas
  • place the turkey and turkey spices into a bowl and mix well. Season the mixture well with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
  • Shape the spiced mince into six oval balls with your hands and thread two of the balls onto each of the three wooden skewers.
  • Heat a griddle pan until it is smoking hot. Brush the koftas with the olive oil and fry them for three minutes on each side
  • or until completely cooked through.
  • For the cabbage
  • melt the butter with the oil in a frying pan. Add the onion and garlic to the frying pan and cook until they have become soft and golden in colour.
  • Add the cabbage and apple to the frying pan and cook for three minutes.
  • Add the port
  • the sugar and the vinegar to the frying pan and mix well.
  • Place a lid on the frying pan and cook the cabbage until it is tender
  • then season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
  • To serve
  • place the cabbage onto a clean plate. Place the koftas on top of the cabbage.