Turkey Soup
I have a turkey carcass and was thinking soup. I also have broccolli. Plus we had this really cool Stilson soup at our local culinary school luncheon...
So I thought I would make a soup like this... boil down turkey. strain out bits. keep meat bits. boil potato cubes, chopped onion, broccolli in turkey broth. use blender on that. add half and half and some blue cheese and the strain out turkey.
Anyone have warnings before I go trying this? or any proportion suggestions? I'm kinda winging it....
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5 Comments:
I'd suggest saving the turkey meat now, or very soon into the carcass cooking. If you cook the carcass long enough to get all the goodness out of it, the meat will be tasteless.
Er, and now I'm confused about the part where you're straining out the turkey...
dbcurrie at 12:43AM on 02/28/09
Just my opinion:
Place carcass in a large pot, barely cover with water and simmer for a couple of hours. You now have turkey broth. The turkey bits are goners, flavourless and just...gone. Then...in a large pot, saute onion in a little olive oil or vegetable oil until transluscent. Add broth, potatoes, herbs, and broccoli, a bay leaf, some thyme, a little chopped garlic, simmer until veg is done. I love chunky rustic soups, so I wouldn't puree, but if you must, remove bay leaf, use an immersion blender to blend (or in a blender), and add half and half. Add cheese, and adjust seasonings to taste. Let us know how it turns out.
lamora at 1:15AM on 02/28/09
I make turkey soup all the time but never put broccoli in it but I guess thats because the soup will be more like broccoli soup than turkey.
WSLunch at 9:15AM on 02/28/09
Be careful with the broccoli. Broccoli water has a really terrible bitter taste. In all my experience, it has to be covered up with lots of cream and cheddar.
michichan at 9:50AM on 02/28/09
dbcurrie, i wish i had followed your advice. i lost some of the turkey pieces to drying out. puzzling since its cooking in a liquid, but oh well... next time, i will remove the meat and just boil bones and cartilidge for broth. lamora, normally i dont puree, but i wanted to use broccolli, and chunks of broccolli sounded wrong.
it was very much like cream of broccoli with turkey pieces in it. i liked it. i had to use a decent amount of milk to moderate the onion/potato puree taste though.
blizcheetah at 8:05PM on 03/01/09