06 August 2008

Turkey Parmesan

I have had this recipe on my list for the last two weeks. Tonight I finally made it and it was wonderful. My husband really enjoyed and told me we would probably be having it again. Was that a hint? The only thing I would do different is not put two cups of breadcrumbs in a dish to coat the patties. I would start with one and see if you run out. I had a lot of leftover breadcrumbs and had to throw them away because they had touched the raw meat.

2 jars of spaghetti sauce
1 lb ground turkey
1 cup breadcrumbs
2 cups breadcrumbs
1 egg
salt & pepper to taste
garlic powder to taste
Butter
Olive oil
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1/2 cup grated or shredded Parmesan cheese

Place ground meat into a large mixing bowl. Add egg & incorporate into meat. Add 1 cup bread crumbs. Add salt, pepper & garlic powder to taste. Combine ingredients by hand until well-blended. Heat non-stick frying pan. Melt about 1 TB of butter & about 1 TB of olive oil in pan. Put 2 cups bread crumbs into flat dish. Measure 1/3 cup of meat with a 1/3 measuring cup & flatten meat into a patty, like a hamburger. Press patty into dish with bread crumbs to coat/bread patty. Cook patty in butter & olive oil just until both sides are browned. Depending on size of pan, cook 3-4 patties at once. Place patties in a flat baking dish, sprayed with cooking oil if desired. Repeat until all of meat mixture is used. Spoon some sauce onto top of each patty. Sprinkle with Parmesan and mozzarella. Drizzle more sauce on top of cheese. Bake at 350 until cheese is melted and bubbly, but not brown; about 15-20 minutes. Special Note: For kids, 1/4 measuring cup of meat is a great serving size.

Makes 6-8 patties.

Serve with angel hair pasta tossed with your favorite tomato sauce.

I found this recipe over at Momadvice.com.

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