Slow cooked Spicy Turkey Tagine
Bramble Farm’s Spicy Turkey Tagine
This simple delicious turkey leg or thigh recipe from friend of Bramble Farm Turkeys, Ruth Macintyre of Ruth’s Little Kitchen, will give lamb tagine a run for its money. Seriously, it’s addictively delicious. The meat will be beautifully tender and fall off the bone. In fact, it’s perfect if you’re buying a turkey crown from Bramble Farm, as each crown comes with the legs and thighs packed separately for use in recipes like this.
Cooking time - Great prepared the day before, cooking time 2 hours
Slow cooked Turkey tagine using turkey legs and wings
Ingredients:
2 tbsp olive oil
2 x uncooked turkey legs or thighs – skinned
1 large onion- finely chopped
40g fresh ginger – finely chopped
2 fresh red chillies – diced
Rosemary – 3 fresh sprigs -chopped or about 2tbs dried
175g dried apricots – halved
2 tbsp honey
1x 400g can of chickpeas – drained
1x400g can of chopped tomatoes
1 tsp cinnamon or 1 sticks
Method
Pre-heat the oven to 160C/Fan 140C/Gas Mark 2
In a large casserole on medium heat, heat oil -add turkey leg (remove skin if necessary), season and brown all over – move onto a plate.
Add onions, ginger, chilli and chopped rosemary and sauté until softened.
Stir in cinnamon - cook for two minutes.
Return turkey to the casserole.
Add apricots, rosemary, honey, chickpeas and tinned tomatoes.
Fill tomato can with water and add only enough water until the meat is covered.
Bring the liquid to the boil, then lower the heat and COVER.
Put in the oven for 2 hours, check to make sure turkey is not drying out.
When done, remove the turkey and cover in foil.
Put the casserole on the hob, with the lid off, simmer to reduce and thicken the sauce.
To serve:
We find it delicious simply served with buttered cous cous.
Other recipes for an alternative turkey feast
As 2020 Christmas may be different and to showcase just how flexible turkey can be, we recently teamed up with Brockham-based cook Ruth’s Little Kitchen and our friends at Local Food Surrey.
While you may prefer to stick to your tried and tested traditions, we’ve worked hard to come up with a range of new recipes that showcase what an underrated ingredient turkey can be.
You can find all of these turkey recipes on our blog and pre-order your free-range Bramble Farm turkey in preparation for your festive season of feasting.
6 easy turkey recipes for an alternative Christmas
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