Making Turkey Burgers
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Amy Riolo is an internationally recognized culinary expert specializing in Middle Eastern and Mediterranean culture and cuisine. As a cookbook author, lecturer, food historian, food writer, culinary consultant, and cooking instructor, Amy promotes her philosophy of cooking and living with both pleasure and health. Her first book, Arabian Delights; Recipes & Princely Entertaining Ideas from the Arabian Peninsula has received rave reviews (Capital Books). Her second book Nile Style; Egyptian Cuisine and Culture (Hippocrene Books) will be released in spring 2009. She is also completing The Mediterranean Diabetes Cookbook, (American Diabetes Association) which will be released in spring 2010.
Amy’s popular lectures range in topics and include everything from Middle Eastern business etiquette to the history of various cuisines. She has been an invited guest speaker for the Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Welcome to Washington International, Montgomery College, Les Dames D’Escoffier, The Baltimore-Luxor-Alexandria Sister City Committee and the Mycological Association of Washington, DC. Amy also makes frequent appearances on numerous television and radio programs both in the United States and Egypt including Fox TV, Montgomery and Fairfax County TV, Nile TV and WHYY.
Amy currently writes the “Culture and Cuisine” feature for the Baltimore- Luxor-Alexandria Sister City Committee. She has also written articles for Cooking Light Magazine, Azizah Magazine, and the Kulanu newsletter. A graduate of Cornell University, Amy has experience in vocational, recreational, and children’s instruction, as well as corporate team building and cultural/culinary events. Her knowledge of the Italian, French, Spanish, and Arabic languages has enabled her to interpret many cultures and cuisines with intimacy and ease. She regularly teaches cooking classes at Sur la Table in Arlington, Virginia, and for private organizations.
A successful culinary consultant, Amy enjoys developing menus, recipes, training seminars, and themes for corporations, restaurants, and hotels. Amy is often asked to work as a consultant for museums where she creates menus and décor which represent the theme of new collections. In addition, she works with curators to incorporate sensory components like scent, touch, and taste into the schedule of events, allowing museum patrons to fully experience each exhibit.
Amy is a member of The International Association of Culinary Professionals, Culinary Historians of Washington, Les Dames d’Escoffier, Slow Food DC, Welcome to Washington International (where she co-chairs the Gourmet Committee), Cornell Club of Washington, the Women’s National Book Association, and the Baltimore – Luxor – Alexandria Sister City Committee (Where she is the chairperson of the Baltimore Friends of the Alexandria Library). Amy is based in the Washington DC, area and maintains a home in Egypt. She is currently organizing culinary tours to both the Mediterranean and Middle East.
Making Turkey Burgers
Chef Amy Riolo demonstrates how to make a turkey burger.
Making Turkey Burgers
Ingredients
For the Salad:1/3 cup Farmers Market string beans, trimmed
1 pound Farmers Market cucumbers
1/4 cup Harris Teeter black olives such as Gaeta or Kalamata, pitted
2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
2 tablespoons H.T. Traders extra virgin olive oil
For the burgers:
1 pound Harris Teeter extra lean ground turkey
1 tablespoon Harris Teeter Dijon mustard
1/2 cup Farmers Market dill, finely chopped
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
Few twists freshly ground pepper
2 tablespoons H.T. Traders extra virgin olive oil
4 ounces crumbled low fat feta cheese
4 fresh Harris Teeter whole wheat buns
Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 425F degrees. Bring a pot of water to boil over high heat and add the string beans. Cook until tender, drain, and place beans in a bowl of cold water.
2. Split the cucumbers lengthwise, remove and discard the seeds using a spoon. Dice the cucumbers and place in a large bowl. Place olives, lemon juice, pepper, and olive oil in food processor and mix to combine. Add string beans to the cucumbers and spoon olive paste over the top. Mix to combine and serve.
3. To make the burgers, combine ground turkey, Dijon mustard, dill, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Stir with a wooden spoon or your hands to combine. Divide the meat into 4 equal portions and form them into patties.
4. Heat oil in a large oven proof skillet over medium heat. Add burgers and sauté for 2 to 3 minutes per side, or until brown. Transfer to the oven and cook for 15 minutes, or until cooked through.
5. Top with feta cheese, and cook for another 5 minutes or until cheese is melted. Serve in whole wheat buns, with salad.
Transcripts
Amy Riolo: Hi! I am Amy Riolo. Today, I am working in the kitchen at Sur La Table in Arlington, Virginia and I am making Dill and Feta stuffed Turkey Burgers with cucumber, string beans and olive tapenade salad. In this segment, I am going to show you how to make our burgers. So let's get started. What I am going to use is a pound of brown turkey and the great thing about this turkey, I got this from Harris Teeter and you can actually buy ground turkey breast instead of just random turkey meat. So this is about 98% fat free. It's a wonderful option that you can eat all the time. You don't have to be worried about the fat content in it at all. So it's really great thing to start replacing some of the other more fatty meats with this turkey. So I am going to add that right into our food processor. You don't need these food processor; you can just stir this up together at home and you will be absolutely fine but I am using a food processor here because it makes combining it easier and it actually makes everything a little bit more fine. Now what I am going to add to the food processor is a tablespoon of Dijon mustard. This is one of the things that gives our turkey breast a lot of flavor. Dijon mustard is kind of one of those secret things that not only helps bind but it gives you a lot of flavor. No one is going to be knows what it is in the recipe; it just makes a lot of taste. So I am going to also add kosher salt and here is the freshly ground pepper. And then I have about a quarter cup of baby dill which I have just chopped finely. You can use another herb if you prefer, but I really like the baby dill. I think it goes great with the turkey burger and it goes very nice with our feta. And also baby dill is full of a lot of mineral salts which are great for us. So I am going to go ahead and mix this, I don't know, just until everything is mixed. Okay, so now we can see how the herbs are really incorporated in with the turkey breast. That's exactly what we want. This gives us a nice texture for the burger and it also is going to taste really great and make sure that we have a lot of dill in each bite. So then I am just going to form these into small patties. Remember, for poultry, about three to four ounces per person is a perfect serving. It will shrink a little bit as it cooked. We also have to leave room for our bun and our feta which is going to be on top. We just going to keep making these patties. You can make a lot of these at one time and freeze them after they are already cooked and then when you need them, you have the turkey burger ready to go; you don't have to go through this whole process. That's a really good thing to do, especially with children or if you entertain a lot or you want to bring this for a lunch for work or to have an easy supper, just keep things, make double, triple batches and keep some in the freezer. The great thing about that is if you are trying to eat healthy, this will prevent you from going out and getting fast food or getting takeout because you have already got things that are already waiting for you at home.
A lot of times when we do the carry out, it's because we don't have time to do anything else or think of anything else. So if you do cook extra when you do have time to cook, you really set yourself up to have a lot more success in the kitchen and to be a lot healthier. So now we have all our patties and I am going to wash my hands. When we come back, we will pan fry the burgers and bake them.
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