Gluten Free Egg Free Rosemary Sesame Turkey Meatballs

2011 November 1
 
 
Ok, so the other day when I was making those yummy Rosemary Sesame Almond Crackers, one of the many tries  included a version that was full of starch.  The darn things just didn’t hold together, they crumbled pathetically. I was a bit discouraged, but froze the crumbs just in case I could do something cool with them.  And lo and behold… I had some ground turkey and thought… hey… I bet those crumbs would make AWESOME meatballs….
Gluten Free Egg Free Rosemary Sesame Turkey Meatballs -MyRealFoodLife.com

Gluten Free Egg Free Meatball Recipe

What I didn’t realize, was that starch  is much more absorbant than GF flours…  So I accidentally discovered that it works incredibly well helping to bind meat.  Even better, it prevents meat from sticking to the pan!  Will wonders never cease.  I had no idea.

Now, look. Normally, I don’t really like ground turkey. I do anything  I can to mask it- its kinda dry and insipid.  When these meatballs came together they were so tasty I think I kinda surprised myself :)   The sunflower seed butter adds fat, and the rosemary and sesame add a super flavour.  The flours add structure and really improve the texture.  Overall, in fact, you’d never actually know you are eating ground turkey.  Kinda like my Turkey Bolognese sauce!

 

 

 

 

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Gluten Free Egg Free Rosemary Sesame Turkey Meatballs -MyRealFoodLife.com

Gluten Free Egg Free Meatball Recipe

Gluten Free Egg Free Rosemary Sesame Turkey Meatballs -MyRealFoodLife.com

Gluten Free Egg Free Meatball Recipe

 

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6 Responses
  1. June 6, 2011

    totally Alisa! :D give me a shout and let me know how it turns out when you do! :D

  2. June 6, 2011

    Really interesting on the starch, I will have to give it a go!

  3. September 27, 2010

    gonna send this to my mom

  4. September 17, 2010

    heya Erin!
    really? you’re a meatball girl? thats awesome… i remember being a diehard sweet and sour meatball fan as a kid… err but now its like. whoa sugar… maybe not so much lol…

  5. September 16, 2010

    mmmmm… I have a strange weakness for meatballs and these sound super yummy!

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