Comments on: Turkey Soup http://www.foodista.com/blog/2008/11/28/turkey-soup/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:24:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Barnaby Dorfman http://www.foodista.com/blog/2008/11/28/turkey-soup/comment-page-1/#comment-2011 Barnaby Dorfman Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:49:44 +0000 http://www.foodista.com/?p=588#comment-2011 I like to cook the pasta separately first, but I think that is more of a matter of taste. If you cook it in the broth, it will thicken the soup. One way to really maximize the flavors in the broth is to roast the turkey carcass with vegetables before you make the broth. I like to use a lot of the trimmings of vegetables for this as well, so the tops and bottoms of celary, onion skins (yup the whole skin), carrot peels, garlic skins, parsley stems. They all have flavor and don't worry about grit or dirt, that all gets strained out with the bones or left at the bottom of the pot. I like to cook the pasta separately first, but I think that is more of a matter of taste. If you cook it in the broth, it will thicken the soup.

One way to really maximize the flavors in the broth is to roast the turkey carcass with vegetables before you make the broth. I like to use a lot of the trimmings of vegetables for this as well, so the tops and bottoms of celary, onion skins (yup the whole skin), carrot peels, garlic skins, parsley stems. They all have flavor and don’t worry about grit or dirt, that all gets strained out with the bones or left at the bottom of the pot.

]]> By: Nina http://www.foodista.com/blog/2008/11/28/turkey-soup/comment-page-1/#comment-2010 Nina Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:51:12 +0000 http://www.foodista.com/?p=588#comment-2010 My husband is dieing for me to make turkey soup. Do you cook the pasta first or in the broth? I usually do turkey and rice, but this year I might try the pasta. When you make your broth what else do you put in with the turkey carcass? My husband is dieing for me to make turkey soup. Do you cook the pasta first or in the broth? I usually do turkey and rice, but this year I might try the pasta. When you make your broth what else do you put in with the turkey carcass?

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