Tasty Thai Turkey Burgers

Hi Everyone,

I absolutely love the Thai cuisine. It is all so flavoursome and can also be incredibly simplistic to incorporate into everyday eating.

 I first had Thai turkey burgers at my ex-boyfriend’s house years ago and have loved them ever since. I re-created them at home with what I thought was inside them and they tasted pretty darn good (if I do say so myself) and have been making them ever since- a definite family favourite (especially when barbequed!)

(Serves 4)

You will need

Sharp Knife

Food Processor

Mixing Bowl

Ingredients

(400g) Turkey Mince

1 Large Onion

2 Garlic Cloves

1 Thai Red Chilli

Small Handful of Fresh Coriander

1 Lime (Zest)

Season with Salt & Pepper 

Step One

Roughly chop the onion and put it into the food processor alongside the garlic, chilli, coriander, lime zest, salt and pepper. Blend.

Step Two

In a separate bowl add the turkey mince and the paste that you’ve just created. Get your hands in there and mix it all together.

Step Three

Separate the mixture and make little burgers. Pop them on a tray or plate and put them in the fridge for half an hour or so if you’re cooking them that day.

Step Four

Heat a frying or griddle pan with a little bit of coconut oil and cook them on a medium heat for about 5 minutes on each side. Make sure the burger is piping hot in the centre before you eat it!

(I have paired mine with a mixture of quinoa, brown rice and some steamed broccoli. The burgers are so versatile. I love them with salad, sweet potato chips or even broken up and put on top of a homemade pizza!)

I hope you enjoy this lean, protein filled, yummy burger!

Love

Isabel x

Mini Yorkshire Pudding- Christmas Canapés!

I know my blog is mainly dedicated to beauty but I am also a food lover and loooove cooking and just creating in general. I absolutely LOVE Yorkshire puddings! I always make them from scratch, but these are usually massive. After chatting to my Mum about what we are going to do for food this Christmas I have been put on to  canapé duty. I have made the mini Yorkshire puddings once before because we had some batter left over from a roast, but they weren't overly Christmasy. So, after thinking very hard *cough* I came up with these classic combinations- Beef and horseradish and turkey and cranberry sauce! I can't even describe how yummy these are and how easy they are to make. You can make massive batches of them too! Anyway, enough blabbering... here they are!! 

(How cute!)

YOU WILL NEED

Ingredients

2 eggs

Plain flour

Milk

Sliced turkey

Sliced beef

Cranberry sauce

Horseradish sauce

Sunflower oil

Equipment

Whisk

Mixing bowl

Jug

2 glasses (same size)

Tin to cook the Yorkshire puddings in

PREHEAT YOUR OVEN TO 180 DEGREES CELSIUS 

STEP ONE

Crack both eggs into one glass.

STEP TWO

Add the plain flour to the other glass until it reaches the same height as  the eggs.

STEP THREE

Tip the flour into the mixing bowl to free up the glass. Fill the glass with milk until it is, once again, at the same height as the eggs. Basically, you want equal quantities of all of the batter

  ingredients.


STEP FOUR

Pour the eggs and milk into the mixing bowl.

STEP FIVE

Whisk all of the ingredients together, getting as much air into the batter as possible.

STEP SIX

Transfer the batter into a jug, this will just make it easier to pour later on but you could just use a ladle. 

STEP SEVEN

Pour a drop of sunflower oil into each section of the tin. Then put this into the preheated oven, the oil needs to get pretty hot before you add the batter.

STEP EIGHT

Meanwhile, tear up the meat into smaller pieces that will fit into the mini Yorkshire puddings. This is so you don't get bored waiting for the oil, you could do this step later.

STEP NINE

Take the tin out over the oven. As quickly (and as carefully) as you can, pour the batter into each section, about 2/3 full. Put them into the oven for about 10 minutes or until golden brown. Keep an eye on them, but try not to open the oven door!

Once they are cooked, they should look a little something like this... (I really want to make some more now and just gobble them up as they are!)

STEP TEN

Leave them to cool slightly or fully and then add the meat!

STEP ELEVEN

Dollop on the sauce of your choice, the beef and horseradish are my favourite but I wanted to inject a bit of Christmas with the classic turkey and cranberry sauce! Of course, you could just eat them as they are without filling them, they are equally as delicious in my opinion... or maybe I just have a Yorkshire pudding obsession (it seems to be heading that way!)

Hope you enjoy!

Speak soon!

Isabel x