leftover turkey

foxgloves

For turkey soup, I usually make the stock first with a halved onion (including some of the skin as it gives it a really good colour), halved carrot, bayleaf, 3 or 4 black peppercorns and a halved stick of celery. When I make the soup, I decide what veg is going in it. I usually use celery, carrot, potato, depends what's needing to be used as well as frozen peas or any leftover cooked peas from Christmas lunch. I chop it all quite small then start it off in a big pan with a bit of olive oil then add the turkey stock, which should be much richer than chicken, and any small scraps of turkey meat you want to put in along with whatever herbs you fancy. Bring to boil & simmer until potatoes & any hard root veg such as swede, is soft. Taste the liquid at some point and season to taste. I sometimes put worcester sauce in at this point, a bit of soy or whatever I think it needs. Then I put about half to two thirds of it in a blender & liquidise before adding it back to the chunky half. It freezes well. I can't given an exact recipe as it's different every time depending on what ingredients I use, but this is the method I always use. My Nan used to put dried soup mix in hers but I prefer to thicken it by blending half & using potato. x

craftynutters

now christmas day is here and you are enjoying your turkey is it running through your mind as you are looking at the table full of food what are you going to do with all the left overs?

hot.chick

turkey and stuffing toasties, hubys fave

mandi

craftynutters wrote: »

now Christmas day is here and you are enjoying your turkey is it running through your mind as you are looking at the table full of food what are you going to do with all the left overs?

It's a tad early to eat your Christmas dinner don't you think .

I haven't been to bed yet

Tony69

craftynutters wrote: »

now christmas day is here and you are enjoying your turkey is it running through your mind as you are looking at the table full of food what are you going to do with all the left overs?

just wondering how many people at 12.22am on Christmas Day are looking at the table full of food and wondering what they are going to do with the left overs

Tony69

mandi wrote: »

It's a tad early to eat your Christmas dinner don't you think .

I haven't been to bed yet

you beat me to it mandi

robpw2

im having lamb so truly nothing

Pink.

Hi craftynutters,

There's plenty of time to worry about leftovers but as you've started early these threads may help :

Christmas leftovers

leftover turkey

Leftover Gammon

leftover beef ???

hat to do with leftover lamb?

What to do with leftover duck

Leftover roast pork - suggestions please

Enjoy your Christmas Day and post up what leftovers you have afterwards, there's always someone around to help. I'll add your thread to the first link later to keep the ideas together.

Pink

JulieGeorgiana

I'm making Turkey and Mushroom pie with mine

SDG31000

In our house the leftovers have to get turned into turkey sandwiches and turkey soup. My DS11 would have a fit if he didn't get turkey soup after Christmas