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.

