Turkey scallopini with mushrooms and a white wine pan sauce. You can substitute plenty of different wild mushrooms here, it's a very flexible recipe.
Serves 4 as a light entree, have a salad alongside to make a small meal
1 large skillet or large saute pan 10-12 inches wide
Ingredients
1.5lbturkey tenderloins
1 ⅓ cups fava beans blanched and peeled
6-8ozwild mushrooms such as chanterelles or hedgehogs, or just shiitakes
½cupdry white wine
1cupmeat stockpreferably homemade
¼cupshallotdiced ¼ inch
Cooking oillike grapeseed or canola, as needed for browning
4tablespoonsunsalted butter
Kosher salt and fresh ground black pepperto taste
All purpose flouras needed for dredging
1tablespoonchopped equal parts parsleychives, tarragon, and chervil (this is the classic French blend for fines herbes, but you can substitute a blend you like.
Instructions
Slice the turkey tenderloins into 2 ounce medallions, then put between two layers of plastic wrap and gently pound with a meat mallet until flattened to ¼ inch thick, then reserve.
Set the oven to the warm setting. In a large, wide sauté pant, season each of the turkey scallopine lightly with salt and pepper, then dredge in the flour, tap off the excess, and quickly brown in the oil. Remove the scallopine when browned, place on a plate, cover with foil and keep warm in the oven. Repeat searing off the other scallopine.
When all the scallopine have been browned, quickly make the mushroom-wine sauce. Discard the oil from the pan, then add 2 tablespoons of the butter. Cook the mushrooms until lightly browned in the butter, season to taste, then add the shallots and cook until lightly browned. Deglaze the pan with the wine, then reduce by half. Add the stock and reduce by half. Whisk in the butter and cook until thickened enough to lightly coat the back of a spoon.
Meanwhile, warm the fava beans on medium-low heat in a little butter and salt and cook until tender throughout. Reserve.
To serve, toss the scallopine into the mushroom wine sauce for just a moment to refresh them, add the chopped herbs, then divide the scallopine evenly between four pre-heated dinner plates and top with reserved fava beans and mushrooms, finish with the sauce and serve immediately.
Notes
The chef from Rome I used to work for would always add demi-glace to pan sauces for his scallopine, which he also called "piccatina" occasionally. A little demi glace is great here, if you happen to have some on hand.
Mild, soft herbs are best here, stay away from the rosemary, lavender, or sage)