TURKEY STEAKS WITH CHERRY AND PORT SAUCE
There’s no need to wrestle with a large whole bird when you can
cook turkey steaks with ease.
PREPARATION TIME: 15 MINS COOKING TIME: 35 MINS
SERVES 4 (AS A PART OF A MAIN)
1 tsp extra virgin olive oil 4 x 150g turkey breast steaks, pounded to an even thickness
Cherry and port sauce
1/4 tsp extra virgin olive oil 1/2 red onion, finely chopped 250g cherries, pitted,
finely chopped
Zest of 1/2 orange
Juice of 1 orange
3cm piece ginger,
peeled, finely grated 2 Tbsp port
1 To make cherry and port sauce, heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium-low. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5-6 minutes or until the onion softens. Add the cherries, orange zest, juice, ginger and port. Cover and bring to a simmer. Simmer, covered, over mediumlow heat, for 10 minutes. Remove the lid and increase the heat to medium. Simmer, uncovered, for a further 15 minutes, or until the mixture thickens.
2 Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan over medium-high. Add the turkey steaks and cook for 3 minutes on one side. Turn over and cook for 2 minutes or until the turkey is just cooked through.
3 Serve the turkey steaks topped with the sauce.