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Curried Turkey Endive Salad Bites
Prep Time
40
minutes
mins
Cook Time
5
minutes
mins
Total Time
45
minutes
mins
Servings:
30
Ingredients
Pickled Red Onion
1
cup
rice vinegar
1
tsp
sugar
1
tsp
salt
1
tbsp
dried cranberries
1/2
tsp
allspice
whole
1
small red onion
sliced thin
3
cups
boiling water
Curried Turkey Endive Salad
30
Belgian endive leaves
approx. four endive bulbs
1 1/2
tbsp
turmeric
1
tsp
garlic powder
1
tsp
coriander
1/2
tsp
kosher salt
1/2
tsp
cayenne pepper
1/4
tsp
cumin
1
tbsp
olive oil
1
lb
ground turkey
3/4
tsp
kosher salt
Equipment & Utensils
Air tight/sealable container
Large colander
Large bowl
Large two-pronged fork
Large skillet
1
or 2 large plates / platters
Instructions
Pickled Red Onion
Cut off base of endive bulbs and peel away the larger endive leaves. Save the center leaves for another dish.
Place in colander and rinse with cold water then allow to drain.
Pour rice vinegar, sugar and salt into sealable container.
Stir until salt and sugar dissolves.
Add cranberries and allspice
Place onion slices into a colander then pour boilng water over onions to blanch them.
Allow to drain then drop onion slices into sealable container with pickling solution, stir up to combine and seal.
Let onion slices sit in pickling solution for at least 30 minutes but ideally for 2 hours.
Curried Turkey Endive Salad Bites
Shake of excess water from endive leaves,. Dab with a paper towel if needed.
Place endives leaves on a plates or platters in a decorative shape or shapes.
Combine turmeric, garlic, coriander, salt, cayenne, and cumin in a small bowl.
Whisk up to make sure the ingredients are completely combined.
Place turkey into large bowl then pour spices over turkey.
Combine thoroughly using a large two-pronged fork to mix ingredient thoroughly.
Heat oil in skillet on high until very hot, then add seasoned turkey to skillet.
Cook while continuously turning over to make sure all parts of the ground turkey is cooked.
As soon as turkey forms into small clumps remove from heat - do not over cook.
Season with kosher salt to taste (approx. 3/4 tsp salt)
Use a small spoon to scoop cooked turkey into endive leaves.
Top with pickled onions and serve.
Notes
When cooking ground turkey, you want to keep the fluid in the meat, so that it does not dry out.