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🍽️ Turkey Piccata with Pappardelle, Parmesan and Creamy Lemon Leeks
709 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- Turkey breast fillet 600 g
- Lemon 1 pc.
- Leek 1 pc.
- Chives, fresh 15 g
- Salt pinch
- Wheat flour, Type 405 2 tbsp
- Eggs 2 pc.
- Parmesan 50 g
- Oil 3 tbsp
- Pappardelle, fresh 800 g
- Crème fraîche 100 g
- Pepper, black ground pinch
- Sugar pinch
Instructions
- 1. Preheat the oven to 100 degrees Celsius with fan.
- 2. Rinse the turkey breast fillets under running water.
- 3. Pat the meat dry with a kitchen towel.
- 4. Let the meat sit at room temperature for a short time.
- 5. Rinse the lemon under hot water.
- 6. Grate about one teaspoon of the zest.
- 7. Cut the lemon in half.
- 8. Squeeze the juice from the lemon.
- 9. Cut off the hard root end of the leek.
- 10. Cut the leek in half lengthwise.
- 11. Hold the leek stalks together at the bottom and fan them open.
- 12. Wash the leek halves thoroughly under running water.
- 13. Cut the leek diagonally into thin strips.
- 14. Rinse the chives under running water.
- 15. Shake the chives dry.
- 16. Cut the chives into fine rings.
- 17. Cut the turkey breast fillets in half crosswise.
- 18. Flatten the fillets so you get eight thin cutlets.
- 19. Season the cutlets with salt.
- 20. Pour flour onto a plate.
- 21. Whisk the eggs in a separate bowl.
- 22. Take about half of the chive rings.
- 23. Add the chives to the whisked eggs.
- 24. Add the previously grated lemon zest to the eggs.
- 25. Grate the Parmesan finely.
- 26. Stir the grated Parmesan into the egg mixture.
- 27. Fill a pot with about five liters of water.
- 28. Salt the water generously.
- 29. Bring the water to a boil.
- 30. Coat the fillets in the flour first.
- 31. Then coat the floured fillets in the egg-Parmesan mixture.
- 32. Heat two tablespoons of oil in a pan.
- 33. Set the pan to medium heat.
- 34. Fry the meat for about two minutes on the first side until golden brown.
- 35. Fry the meat for about two minutes on the second side until golden brown.
- 36. Place the fried piccata on kitchen paper.
- 37. Blot the excess fat from the meat.
- 38. Place the piccata on a plate.
- 39. Place the plate with the meat in the preheated oven.
- 40. Clean the frying pan thoroughly.
- 41. Cook the pappardelle in the boiling salted water.
- 42. Cook the pasta for about four minutes.
- 43. Drain the pasta al dente.
- 44. Reserve some of the pasta water.
- 45. Heat one tablespoon of oil in the cleaned pan.
- 46. Set the pan to medium heat.
- 47. Fry the leek for about four minutes.
- 48. Deglaze the leek with 100 milliliters of the reserved pasta water.
- 49. Stir 100 grams of crème fraîche into the pan.
- 50. Season the sauce with salt.
- 51. Season the sauce with pepper.
- 52. Add a little sugar to the sauce.
- 53. Add some lemon juice to the sauce.
- 54. Pour the drained pasta into the pan with the sauce.
- 55. Mix the pasta immediately with the creamy lemon leek sauce.
- 56. Taste the pasta again if necessary.
- 57. Fill the pasta into deep plates.
- 58. Place the turkey piccata on top of the pasta.
- 59. Sprinkle the dish with the remaining chives.
- 60. Serve the dish immediately.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 709
- Protein: 41 g · Fett/Fat: 28 g · Carbs: 69 g