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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Turkey Vegetable Soup

Soup.  I love soups in the wintertime, and nothing is better or easier then making soup from Christmas dinner leftovers.  This makes a very large pot of soup.



Turkey Vegetable Soup
Makes about 12 cups of soup (a large pot)
approx prep time: 20min
approx cook time: 2.5 hours

INGREDIENTS: 
- 1 turkey carcass
- 2 cups of carrots
- 3 stalks of celery
- 3 medium onions
- 1 large potato (optional)
- 1 tomato (optional)
- other root vegetables (optional)
- bundle of herbs (ie. Rosemary and Thyme is optional)
- Salt and pepper to taste

HOW TO MAKE IT:
1) Chop all the vegetables into bite sized pieces
2) Throw all of the ingredients (except salt and pepper) into a large soup pot and fill the pot up with water.
3) Bring soup to a boil, then reduce to medium and let simmer for 2.5 hours. 
4) Once finished, take out and discard bones, skin and skim the fat, add salt and pepper to taste.

2 comments:

  1. Love...love...love soup! This sounds so wholesome. I little trick I learned from my Italian grandmother is to toss a 1 inch square hunk of hard Italian cheese into the soup as it cooks. Adds a nice complexity to the broth!

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  2. I love soup as well! Thanks for the tip! I'll definitely add a chunk of cheese to the next large batch of soup and try it out. :-)

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