The turkey meat is tasty and low-calorie, it contains a small amount of fat. It can be called the most dietary. Meatballs cooked from this meat, get light and tasty. Seasoning in the face of basil, oregano and fennel fill the dish exquisite and amazing aroma. And tomato sauce makes it сочным и аппетитным. 
Time: one час.25 minutes Difficulty: easy Servings: 4 – 6 Recipes used volumetric containers: 1 cup (tbsp.) – 240 ml. 3/4 cup (st.) – 180 ml. 1/2 cup (tbsp.) – 120 ml. 1/3 cup (st.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cup (st.) – 60 ml. 1 tablespoon (tbsp.) – 15 ml. 1teaspoon (tsp) – 5 ml.
Ingredients for the recipe:
Turkey meatballs
- 450 gr minced turkey
- 450 gr spicy sausages for roasting minced turkey with italian herbs, without shells
- 1 tbsp. breadcrumbs
- 1/2 tbsp. finely grated Parmesan cheese and a little more for filing
- 1/4 Art. chopped basil
- 1/4 Art. chopped parsley
- 1/4 Art. whole milk at room temperature
- 1 tbsp. l ketchup
- 1 tbsp. l tomato paste
- 3/4 tsp coarse salt
- 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
- 2 large eggs at room temperature
- 2 minced garlic cloves
- 1 finely chopped small onion
- Olive oil for spraying
Tomato sauce
- 1/4 Art. olive oil
- 3 peeled and crushed large cloves of garlic
- 1 chopped large onion
- 1 tsp coarse salt
- 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
- 3/4 Art. chopped basil
- 2 tsp finely chopped fennel seeds
- 2 tsp dried oregano
- 2 cans (total 1500 g.) Canned frayed tomato
- 1/2 tbsp. unsalted chicken stock
Recipes with similar ingredients: minced turkey, kupat (sausages for frying), tomato sauce, fennel seeds, oregano, basil, parsley
Recipe preparation:
- Cook the meatballs: mix in a large bowl breadcrumbs, Parmesan cheese, basil, parsley, milk, ketchup, if used, tomato paste, salt, pepper, eggs, garlic and onions. Using a wooden spoon, mix until smooth. Add ground turkey meat and sausage meat. Neat and thorough mix all the ingredients with your hands until smooth.
- Preheat the oven to 200 ⁰C. Using a 30 gram spoon to cookies or a small spoon for ice cream, form from meat mix balls with a diameter of 3 cm. You will get 22-24 meatballs. Lay them, a short distance apart, on a large non-stick pan. Drizzle with olive oil and bake in for 15 minutes, until ready.
- Make Tomato Sauce: Heat over medium heat. olive oil in a large deep pan with 5 high sides see Add garlic, onion, salt and pepper. Cook for 5-6 minutes. Add 1/2 tbsp. basil, fennel, oregano and grated tomatoes. Bring to a boil. Simmer over medium heat, stirring occasionally, in for 15-20 minutes, until the sauce thickens a little. Add the remaining 1/4 tbsp. the basilica. Add more salt and pepper.
- Put the meatballs in tomato sauce and simmer for 10 minutes., until they warm up. Dilute the sauce 1/4 tbsp. chicken broth Sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese before serving.
