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Turkey Parmesan Sliders
Delicious, tender turkey burgers smothered in tomato sauce and cheese.
Ingredients
2 pounds ground turkey (for the best flavor, try to buy the white/dark mix vs the all-white meat)
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 cup onions, minced fine
1 tablespoon garlic, minced fine
Pinch red pepper flakes
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
1/4 cup fresh flat leaf parsley, chopped fine
1/4 cup pine nuts ground *see notes below
1 teaspoon kosher salt *see notes below
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup mascarpone cheese
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 whole eggs
2 tablespoons milk
1 cup Italian bread crumbs
Vegetable oil for frying
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
1 1/2 to 2 cups any tomato sauce heated, or see here
12 slices provolone cheese
12 slider rolls
Instructions
- Place the ground turkey in a large bowl.
- In a medium sauté pan, heat oil over medium heat.
- Add onion, garlic and red pepper flakes and cook over medium heat until the onions are tender, 4-5 minutes. Cool.
- Add the ½ cup of Parmesan cheese, parsley, ground pine nuts, salt, pepper and mascarpone cheese to the turkey.
- Add the cooled onion mixture and stir with a wooden spoon to combine.
- Form 12 equal patties, about 3 ½ ounces each and lay out on a plastic or parchment covered sheet tray and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. I used an ice cream scoop.
- Lay out three bowls. In the first place the flour, in the second beat the eggs with the milk and in the third place the bread crumbs.
- Dip each patty in the flour, then egg mixture then bread crumbs, shaking off excess during each breading.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Place a cast iron skillet or other pan that can withstand a high heat and fill half full with vegetable oil.
- Bring the temperature of the oil to 350 degrees F (use a deep fry thermometer) and maintain that temperature).
- Once the oil is hot, fry four patties at a time, and cook until each side is golden brown. You are not cooking them though, just getting a nice brown crust, about 4-5 minutes total per batch. As each are browned, move to a sheet tray.
- Once all are fried, place the sheet tray into the preheated oven for 10-15 minutes or until a probe inserted into the center of one patty reads 150 degrees F.
- Remove pan and sprinkle each with Parmesan cheese, a spoonful of tomato sauce and a slice of provolone cheese. (I had to fold the slices to fit evenly over the patty with a little overhang).
- Bake for 2-3 minutes or until the cheese melts.
- Place one patty onto each slider roll and serve.
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Notes
We found that using a mortar and pestle to grind the pine nuts worked very well. Use the teaspoon of kosher salt to help grind the nuts then add to the mixture.
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