TURKEY SALTIMBOCCA
TURKEY SALTIMBOCCA
TURKEY SALTIMBOCCA

Ingredients
  • 4 turkey medallions
  • steaks or escalopes
  • around 150g/5½oz each (may be a little smaller)
  • 1 tbsp plain flour
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 8 sage leaves
  • 8 slices Parma ham
  • 2-3 tbsp olive oil
  • 15-30g/½-1oz butter
  • 1 lemon
  • zest only
  • 1 tsp dried sage
  • 250ml/9fl oz Marsala wine
  • 100ml/3½fl oz chicken stock
  • 1 large potato
  • peeled
  • salt
Directions
  • First prepare the turkey. Put each steak between two large pieces of cling film. Lay it on a work surface
  • then beat it with a meat mallet or a rolling pin until it is as thin as you can get it without it breaking up. Repeat with the remaining turkey. Cut each escalope in half.
  • Season the flour with salt and pepper then use to dust the flattened turkey. Pat off any excess. Place a sage leaf in the centre of each piece of turkey
  • then wrap a slice of Parma ham round it.
  • Heat the olive oil and butter in a large frying pan. Fry 2-3 of the escalopes (depending on the size of your pan) on each side for 3-4 minutes
  • or until the meat is completely cooked through and the ham has crisped up. Remove from the pan and keep warm. Add more oil and butter and continue as before.
  • When you have cooked all the escalopes
  • turn up the heat. Add the lemon zest
  • dried sage and Marsala to the pan. Leave to simmer for a couple of minutes until the Marsala looks syrupy
  • then add the chicken stock. Continue to cook until the sauce again looks syrupy.
  • For the game chips
  • cut the potato into very thin rounds
  • preferably with a mandoline. Cover with cold water in a bowl for 10-15 minutes to help remove some of the starch. Drain and pat dry as thoroughly as possible with a tea towel or kitchen towel.
  • Half fill a saucepan or deep fat fryer with vegetable oil. Heat to 180C. (CAUTION: hot oil can be dangerous. Do not leave unattended.) If you don’t have a thermometer gauge
  • test the heat of the oil by dropping in a cube of bread – it should crisp up and brown in 30 seconds.
  • Fry the chips a few at a time in the oil – they are done when they have floated to the surface and have turned a light golden-brown. Remove from the oil and continue with the remaining potato slices. Sprinkle with salt and serve immediately.
  • Serve the turkey saltimbocca with the sauce poured over and the game chips on the side.