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Turkey And Cranberry Meatloaf
- Total Time
- 45 minutes
- Rating
- Notes
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Ingredients
- ⅔cup dried cranberries, coarsely chopped
- 4very small ribs celery, outsides peeled with a vegetable peeler, trimmed and cut into ¼-inch dice ( ⅔ cup)
- 1medium bunch flat-leaf parsley, leaves only, chopped fine ( ⅓ cup)
- 1⅓pounds ground turkey
- 1scant tablespoon kosher salt
- 1scant tablespoon celery seed
- 2teaspoons dried sage
- 3tablespoons vegetable oil
- Few grinds black pepper
Preparation
- Step 1
Place a rack in the center of the oven, and heat to 350 degrees.
- Step 2
Soak chopped cranberries in ⅓ cup very hot tap water for 10 minutes; drain.
- Step 3
Combine with all of the other ingredients.
- Step 4
Divide the mixture into 4 equal parts. Form into mounded ovals that do not touch, and place in a 9-by-13-inch heatproof glass dish. Bake for 30 minutes. Let rest 5 minutes. Using a pancake turner, remove to individual plates and serve.
Private Notes
Cooking Notes
If you substitute one tablespoon of celery salt for both the salt and the celery seeds, this is a good recipe!
Needs less sage (half) The celery makes it!
I doubled the recipe and yes—way, way too salty. Be sure to pull loaves out of oven at 30 minute mark—they may not “look” like they’re done, but they become tough otherwise. Next time I will cut salt in half, add more sage and add onions or scallions.
I wonder if those who found this super-salty may have used celery salt instead of celery seed. I almost did!
7/20 I don’t find this too salty. Celery seed neither at Kowalski or Lunds! Tasted best right out of the oven. Disappointed not more flavor the next day......
Only change we made was to use sweetened dried organic cranberries (not craisins) instead of plain as those were all that was available. In the future, I would do the following... Halve the salt Halve the celery seed Dice celery much smaller - 1/8” chunks Overall, the texture was good but the celery was too large and the flavor too intense and it was too salty. I think with a few tweaks this could be a standout meal. Would most definitely cook again with the changes made.
We didn't care for this at all.
Too salty and the celery seed was overpowering.
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