Turkey saltimbocca with tomato and cream cheese pasta

AUTHOR
Jennie Fields
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
5 1
COOK TIME
20 mins
TOTAL TIME
20 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 1 bunch of rocket
  • 4 long, narrow turkey escalopes (approx. 150 g each)
  • 4 discs Gouda cheese (about 2 mm thick)
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 4 discs Bacon
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Oil
  • 300 g ribbon noodles, e.g. Mafaldine
  • 250 g cherry tomatoes
  • 1 package (200 g) Tomato-pepper cream cheese (45% fat)
  • 3 TABLESPOONS Milk
  • 7-10 Tbsp Cling film

Directions

  1. 1

    Clean and wash the rocket. Cut the escalopes in half and tap them very thinly between 2 layers of foil. Quarter cheese slices. Season schnitzel with salt and pepper. Put 2 pieces of cheese and about 2/3 of the rocket on one half of each cutlet.

  2. 2

    Overfold the other half. Place a slice of bacon around 4 escalopes. Heat oil in a large pan and fry the escalopes in it for 2-3 minutes in portions. In the meantime prepare noodles in boiling salted water according to the instructions on the packet.

  3. 3

    Place the Saltimbocca from the pan on a baking tray and continue cooking in the preheated oven (electric range: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: level 2) for approx. 5 minutes. Wash and halve the tomatoes. Add tomatoes, cream cheese and 3 tablespoons of milk to the roasting set.

  4. 4

    Season with salt and pepper and simmer at medium heat for 4-5 minutes. Drain the pasta and add to the tomatoes. Add the remaining rocket and stir well. Season with salt and pepper and serve with the Saltimbocca.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
680 kcal
CARBS
62 g
FATS
27 g
PROTEINS
64 g