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.

