Turkey skewers with a vegetable stew

The stars of this lunch are the turkey meatball skewers. You'll definitely want to make them again! And endive and celeriac are a match made in heaven. Both taste delicious with turmeric. This way, the turkey skewers with a vegetable stew fit perfectly together on your plate.

How to make turkey skewers with a vegetable stew?

The ingredients list for this turkey skewers with a vegetable stew isn't too long, so it's quite manageable to make on a weekday evening. Or as a light meal in between all of the festivities around Christmas and New Year.

Some preparations

We start with the mushrooms. We will mix them into the meatballs and they need to be chopped very finely. Halve the mushrooms and then chop them further, just like you would chop an onion into small pieces.

Next, we finely chop the cilantro. Along with the finely chopped mushrooms and turkey mince, we put them together in a mixing bowl. We also finely chop two cloves of garlic to add to the minced meat mixture.

That leaves the celeriac and Belgian endives. We remove the skin from the celeriac and cut it into small cubes. We remove the core from the Belgian endives and cut the leaves into small pieces.

Rolling the meatballs

Most of the ingredients for the meatballs are already in the mixing bowl. Now we add a teaspoon of turmeric and some pepper and salt.

Then we mix everything well until we have a smooth paste. We then roll meatballs from the mixture. This will result in about 12 large meatballs.

We put them in the refrigerator for an hour to firm up.

Baking the turkey skewers with a vegetable stew

We now grease a baking tray with a little olive oil and preheat the oven to 180°C.

Then we take the meatballs out of the refrigerator and skewer them. Then we put the skewers in the oven for 15 minutes to bake.

Meanwhile, we heat olive oil in a large pan. We fry the celeriac cubes for 10 minutes. Then we add the Belgian endives and let it simmer for a few minutes. Meanwhile, we season the stew with a teaspoon of turmeric, a tablespoon of curry, and some cream.

The meatballs and the vegetable stew should be ready at about the same time. Arrange the skewers on the plates and serve them alongside the vegetable stew.

More surprising.meatball

Meatballs are made all around the world and in many different cultures. So be sure to make some more surprising meatball recipes from the following articles:

• Braised eggplant with meatballs.
• Breaded meatballs in yellow-green.
• Chickpea balls in a bell pepper sauce.
• Chicken balls with spinach and feta cheese.
• Fishballs with cilantro.

If you speak Dutch, you can find the Dutch version of this recipe on gerechtenweb.blog.