Turkey and red peppers in tomato cream sauce
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | pounds | Turkey breast cut into 1 1/2 x 3/4 inch strips |
| 1 | medium | Red bell pepper |
| 1 | medium | Tomato, peeled, seeded & diced |
| 1 | tablespoon | Butter |
| 1 | tablespoon | Olive oil |
| Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste | ||
| ¼ | cup | Madeira wine |
| ½ | cup | Chicken stock |
| 1 | teaspoon | Fresh minced thyme -or- |
| ⅔ | teaspoon | Dried thyme, crumbled |
| 1 | teaspoon | Fresh minced marjoram -or- |
| ⅔ | teaspoon | Dried marjoram, crumbled |
| ½ | cup | Heavy cream |
| ½ | Lemon , Juice of | |
| 1 | teaspoon | Minced chives |
| 1 | tablespoon | Butter, cut into pieces |
Directions
This is from the Dinah Shore Cookbook. It's pretty rich and sorta defeats the purpose of eating turkey breasts, but what the heck! Remove stems and seeds from peppers. Cut into strips same size as turkey Bring small pot of water to boil. Place diced tomato in sieve and immerse in boiling water for 1 minute. Drain on paper towels.
Heat butter and oil in large heavy skillet. Add peppers and stir fry over high heat about 3 minutes, until crisp and tender. With slottted spoon remove peppers to colander. Drain over bowl and reserve juice.
Place turkey in hot skillet, adding more oil if necessary, and stir- fry over high heat about 3 minutes, until turkey is white and firm to the touch. With slotted spoon add turkey to colander. Season peppers and turkey with salt & pepper.
Add Madeira, chicken stock, reserved juice, thyme and marjoram to skillet and boil over high heat until reduced to thick syrup, using wooden spoon to scrape up any particles clinging to bottom of pan. Add heavy and cream and continue to boil under reduced and thickened.
Lower heat and stir in lemon juice and chives. Season with salt & pepper.
Whisk in butter, a piece at a time. Add gturkey, pappers and tomato and cook over low heat until just heated through. Serve immediately. Posted to TNT - Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter by NAFY67C@... (DEBORAH EPSTEIN) on Apr 13, 1997