m. c. de marco: The New Kitchen Cookbook

Turkey Scaloppini

This recipe was adapted from Scaloppini di Tacchino Rebecca in Cucina Ebraica by Joyce Goldstein. I cut back on the wine and added specific measurements for the flour mixture. I tossed in some leftover flour mixture rather than thickening the sauce longer, but it’s still more liquid than you might expect.

Ingredients

  • 1 scant lb turkey tenders (about 4 pieces)
  • ¼ c. flour
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • ¼ tsp. pepper
  • other spices to taste
  • 2 T. olive oil scant
  • ¼ c. chopped parsley
  • scant ¼ c. chopped scallion
  • ⅔ c. white wine
  • scant 2 T. lemon juice

Directions

  1. If turkey tenders are much more than 2/3" thick, slice to 2/3" thickness.
  2. Place between sheets of plastic wrap and beat with a meat tenderizer to 1/3" thickness.
  3. Dredge lightly in a mixture of the flour, salt, and spices.
  4. Fry in oil for 3 minutes per side.
  5. Remove from pan and keep warm.
  6. Once all the tenders are cooked and removed, add wine to pan and cook down somewhat.
  7. Add remaining ingredients and cook for 3 minutes.
  8. Pour over turkey and serve.

Variants

The recipe allows chicken breast meat instead, but I haven’t tried that yet.

For Passover, you can pre-coat the turkey tenders in ¼ c. rice (warning: kitniyot), almond, or matzah cake flour (mixed with the spices), dunk in egg (mixed with the salt), and coat with matzah meal.

You can top with young Japanese knotweed shoots instead of scallion.