Yields 25 meatballs
Ingredients
1 pound ground turkey
1 cup bread crumbs
2 cups finely chopped kale
1 egg
1 cup pecorino cheese, grated
1 teaspoon salt
3 garlic cloves, minced
4 tablespoons olive oil
2 lemons, juice and zest
Instructions
In a bowl combine ground turkey, bread crumbs, chopped kale, egg, salt and pecorino cheese until everything has been blended well. Take about a tablespoon of the turkey meat mixture and start forming the meatballs to about the size of a golf ball. Add one tablespoon of olive oil to a large frying pan on medium heat and gently cook the meatballs for 10 mins to lightly brown.
In another pan heat the remaining three tablespoons of olive oil with the minced garlic and lemon zest and cook for about one minute. Toss the meatballs in this garlic and lemon infused olive oil and pour the lemon juice over them. Cook for about 5 more minutes or until meatballs are cooked through.
You can add some more kale to this dish by adding it to the pan during the last minute just so it takes some of the lemon flavor and wilts a little. Add meatballs to your pasta of choice and serve along with extra grated pecorino cheese.
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