The turkey carcass is in the slow cooker - what now ??

Amanda65

My turkey carcass, a couple of onions, couple of carrots and some celery went into the slow cooker earlier, covered with water. It is cooking away and smells delicious but what do I do with it once done

It is very watery (I think OH put quite a bit of water in). Do I blend it with the veg a make a (runny) soup? Or do I sieve it and freeze it and use a stock for casseroles etc. over the next few months? I've done thins sort of think before, put it in the fridge and ended up throwing it out a few weeks later :eek: and really what to avoid wasting it. Help please x

Andys1

If it's really runny then I would think stock is about the limit for it personally, unless you could do something by adding lentils? (I'm no chef though lol) Sieve and freeze is what I usually do a couple of times a month with carcass, though it gets used often.

gin

I cooked mine up, sieved it and let it cool then skimmed as much fat as I could off of it, Now I have frozen it to use in soups etc

mum_of_4

gin wrote: »

I cooked mine up, sieved it and let it cool then skimmed as much fat as I could off of it, Now I have frozen it to use in soups etc

Ditto - I made up two large stock pots worth of stock so half went into the freezer and the other half will be turned into soup, which should be two days worth.

Amanda65, i used to end up throwing my stock away too. So now i make it up and portion it and then put it straight into the freezer. Now i always seem to have a steady supply of stock when ever i need it.

nesssie1702

I nearly always make a soup with some of my stock - using some onion, a couple of grated carrots and a good handful of long grain rice, lots of pepper and a little salt.

It's very tasty!

Nancy888

I freeze mine in ice cube trays - HM stock cubes!! - and then take out as many as I need.

I have a bag for chicken stock and another for beef stock. The stock that came off my gammon pieces yesterday went straight into a soup that is simmering away with lentils in there are we speak - yum yum

Pssst

You ladies are incredibly resourceful. Much more practical than drippy ,syrupy sweet Nigella

SarahShattered

Amanda65 wrote: »

My turkey carcass, a couple of onions, couple of carrots and some celery went into the slow cooker earlier, covered with water. It is cooking away and smells delicious but what do I do with it once done

It is very watery (I think OH put quite a bit of water in).

I've just done the same thing, I think I put too much water in too. :rolleyes: So, I'm reducing mine down now, in a big pan on the hob. Once it's reduced enough, I'm going to bag half of it and freeze it for stock, and make soup with the rest.

HTH
SS

soappie

I have to say that I tried making stock out of a carcass in the slow cooker once and it's just not the same as bubbling it for an hour on the hob....

Amanda65

Thanks for the help people. I have had it in the fridge since it cooled an am going to take off the fat and freeze it down for soups / stews.

That will see us through some cold, winter nights

Shereen

We had turkey oven-baked risotto tonight using 3/4 of a pint of the turkey stock I made on Boxing Day. It was very tasty, but could have used some more tomatoes.