Turkey in a sesame crust

Ninka doesn’t think much of “other” cooking. Only the primitive kind for her 😉 Unfortunately. We had lunch at our friends’ place today. She didn’t touch a thing. “Daddy, I think I’d rather eat at home after all.” Well, that put me on the spot. Luckily I plan ahead, and there was a turkey fillet waiting at home, all prepped and seasoned.

So it was straight into action when we got back. I did decide to jazz this simple dish up a little, though, and made a different coating from my usual one. And that’s how I learned something quite unexpected.

“Daddy, you like those things that look like seeds or pips, so you can’t taste them. But I don’t like them, so I can!”

Right. If you like something, you can’t taste it. You can only taste it if you don’t like it. An interesting theory from my clever 6-year-old 🙂 Of course this was all in response to the question “Daddy, what’s that white stuff that looks like seeds?” I told her it was the coating, but you couldn’t taste the white bits.

She ate it, though. My own theory is that Ninka does most of her tasting with her eyes.

At a glance: 

Preparation time: 25 minutes

Serves: 4 portions

Calories: plenty

Ingredients for a very simple sesame coating:

• 40 dag turkey fillet
• olive oil
• one hen’s egg
• three tablespoons of breadcrumbs
• two tablespoons of sesame seeds
• a tablespoon of flour
• 30% cream (1/3 of a small tub)
• ground black pepper
• a small piece of ginger
• salt

Method (open sesame):

The day before, I cut the turkey into thin strips and rubbed them with pepper (just a little, since this was for a child), salt and finely chopped ginger (a piece about 1 cm long). I poured over some olive oil (a tablespoon) and mixed everything thoroughly. I covered it with foil and put it in the fridge (you can easily do this an hour before cooking instead).

I beat the egg, poured in the cream, mixed it well and tipped it into a soup plate.

Into a second soup plate went the breadcrumbs, flour and sesame seeds. I mixed them well.

I heated olive oil in a frying pan and fried the turkey for a few minutes on each side. First, of course, I’d dipped it in the egg and cream and rolled it thoroughly in the breadcrumb, flour and sesame mixture. The result? Tasty turkey in a golden crust. Enjoy!