Why
does food that's healthy and good for us look so unattractive and
insipid – it's no wonder we're not impressed. It doesn't help that
it's a miserable time of year.
Did
you know you can buy turkey breast mince? How positively virtuous is
that I hear you cry – not!
Here's
my offering :
Not
only cheap but cheerful too!
Serves 4
500g turkey breast mince
1 medium onion, finely chopped
glug of rapeseed oil
2 chicken stock pots
1 tsp garlic paste or 1 garlic stock pot
2 tbsp tomato paste
2 dessertspoons small chunk Branston
glug of Worcestershire Sauce
salt and black pepper
250g passata
2 large jacket potatoes, baked, peeled
if you wish, sliced thinly
50g each of Mature Cheddar and Red Leicester cheese
grated and mixed together
Pre-heat oven 180fan/200c/Gas 6.
You have options – if you are using a frying pan that is
suitable to transfer to the oven then you need go no further. If not
then I'd use one of my now famous foil trays – 23x23 cms
approximately.
Heat the rapeseed oil gently in a medium frying pan. Add the
turkey mince ensuring that you break it up – fry for 2/3 minutes to
seal properly and then turn it, repeat. Add salt and black pepper.
Add the onion and garlic and fry for 2/3 minutes, stirring to
combine.
Add the tomato paste and the chicken stock pots, followed by the
Worcestershire Sauce, stirring to combine. Add the Branston, stir
well and simmer for 5 minutes, finally add the passata mix well and
heat through. Leave, covered until you're ready to roll.
If you're using a hob to oven frying pan then arrange the sliced
potato over the base and then sprinkle with cheese. Cook for 30
minutes.
If you are using a foil tray then transfer the base and finish as
above.
A small tip – you could decant into small foil “takeaway”
type trays (with lids) and then freeze in portions if you don't need
the whole batch.
The turkey breast mince is 2% fat and costs £2 for 250g packs or
£3.50 for 500g packs.
My taste testers gave this a definite thumbs up!
Here's what it looks like :
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