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Fig and Cranberry Glazed Turkey Meatballs add elegance to your holiday meals. Bits of sweet figs inside and a delicate glaze outside make these meatballs party ready! Add this recipe to your appetizer list. Make extra. Your guests will come back for more.
I love figs. Christmas is a great time to enjoy figs in cookies, cakes and right out of the bag!
Figs make great savory dishes too.
Fig and Cranberry Glazed Turkey Meatballs are easy to make and serve as a meal or appetizer for your next party.
Start by adding bits of chopped figs to the meatball mix.
Adding cranberries to this glaze is easy too. You can use canned or homemade cranberry sauce. I include my homemade version in this recipe.
Brown the meatballs and finish cooking in the oven.
Add the cooked meatballs into the sauce and reduce to a delicious glaze.
You can serve these meatballs as an appetizer. Get creative and arrange with holiday picks for a beautiful presentation.
Fig and Cranberry Glazed Turkey Meatballs
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb ground turkey
- 1/2 cup diced dried figs (mission and/or calimyrna)
- 1/4 cup bread crumbs
- 1 egg, beaten
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 cup dried mission figs, chopped
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 teaspoons white balsamic vinegar
- 1/2 cup cranberry sauce (canned or homemade)
Instructions
- Dissolve sugar and water in a 1-quart saucepan. Add figs and vinegar. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until figs soften and sauce begins to thicken. Remove from heat. Mash fig mixture to blend. Add cranberry sauce.
- Mix together turkey, egg, breadcrumbs, salt and pepper. Add figs. Form mixture into 24 meatballs. Add more breadcrumbs as necessary to hold meatballs together.
- Fry with oil in an oven safe skillet to brown on all sides. Finish cooking in oven at 350 degrees until thoroughly cooked to 165 degrees (about 10 minutes).
- Remove from oven. Add glaze and cook over low to medium heat, stirring constantly to reduce sauce to an even glaze. (about 5 minutes)
- Serve as a meal or appetizer.
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About California Valley Figs
Did you know that California produces 100% of US dried figs? California farmers started growing figs commercially in 1885 and today Golden Figs and Mission Figs are the two most popular varieties grown in the state. There are so many ways to use heart-healthy figs! Check out the Valley Fig website for more recipes ideas.
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