Turkey Meatballs

Name: Turkey Meatballs
Cuisine: Scottish
Ingredients: a little chopped flat leaf parsley; 100 g cooked chestnuts, roughly chopped; 4 rashers streaky bacon, sliced into 5mm strips; 1 tbsp freshly squeezed orange juice; zest of 1 orange; 2 tbsp maple syrup; 60 ml cooked apple or apple sauce; 60 ml cooked apple or apple sauce; 240 ml shop-bought cranberry sauce; 450 g turkey mince; ¾ tsp salt; ½ tsp dried oregano; 2 tbsp chopped parsley; 6 tbsp grated Parmesan; 100 ml milk; 1 large egg; 50 g breadcrumbs

Preparation info

Serves
4–6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Gloagburn

By Alison Niven

Published 2025

About

We put this on our menu for at least a week every December, and it is very moreish. Serve with Braised Red Cabbage with Spiced Apples and celeriac mash.

Ingredients

50 g breadcrumbs
100 ml milk
1 large egg

United Kingdom
Main course
Scotland
December

Method

Preheat the oven to 160°C/140°C fan/gas mark 3. Line a baking tray with greaseproof paper.
Put the breadcrumbs, milk, egg, cheese, flat leaf parsley, oregano and salt in a large bowl and mix with your hands or a fork.
Add the turkey mince and