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Turkey Soup with Celeriac & Apple

Published on 15 Apr 2015 |
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Easter (okay, Income Tax season) has kept me away from this blog for the last ten days. Which doesn’t mean I wasn’t cooking, just that my family enjoyed a run of everything-goes-cooking for the past week. Since Monsieur bought a turkey and not a ham for Easter — this African boy hasn’t got his Québécois instincts honed, shall we say —, I had to show a hint of invention to use up the leftovers. ENTER this soupy stew that also allowed me to empty a few back drawers.

In the spirit of all cooking by the seat of your pants, the important thing here is to clean your own fridge, whatever the contents. No turkey leftovers around but maybe some roasted chicken looking for its destiny? Substitute, by golly, substitute. You don’t cook with salted herbs? No problem, just add one or two celery stalks and an old carrot at the same time as the onion and garlic (in other words, good old mirepoix, salted herbs being my shortcut of choice when missing some key produce). What, celeriac hanging around, are you kidding me? Nope, whoever said my refrigerator contents are normal??? Then give an old fennel bulb, some sweet potato or a couple of young turnips their chance to shine. You can even skip them, why not.

Finally, I had a lonely apple in the fruit drawer, but a few orange or lemon zests, even a half-cup of apple cider, would sing and zing quite nicely, thank you.

Ready to go?

 

 

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Turkey Soup with Celeriac & Apple

Ingredients

  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 1 garlic clove, chopped
  • Olive oil or butter
  • 3 large potatoes, peeled and diced
  • 1 large celeriac, peeled and diced
  • 250 ml (1 cup) choice of greens (Swiss chard, kale, spinach, mustard leaves, radish leaves, etc.)
  • 500 ml (2 cups) chicken broth (or more to cover)
  • 30 ml (2 tbsp) salted herbs
  • 1 apple, peeled and cubed
  • 250 to 500 ml (1 to 2 cups) leftover turkey or chicken, cubed
  • A few sprigs of rosemary
  • Salt and pepper
  • ***
  • Garlic Burger Buns:
  • 4 hamburger buns or more
  • 60 ml (1/4 cup) softened butter
  • 30 ml (2 tbsp) fine chopped parsley
  • 2-3 fine chopped garlic cloves
  • A few drops of Worcestershire Sauce
  • Salt and fresh ground black pepper

Instructions

  • 1. In a large pot, heat olive oil or butter over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic, then cook a few minutes until onion turns translucid.
  • 2. Add in remaining ingredients, cover, lower heat and let simmer 20 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
  • 3. ***For Garlic Buns:
  • 4. In a bowl, combine all the ingredients except the bread. Spread generously on every half-bun.
  • 5. Transfer to a cooking sheet and toast on Broil a few minutes or until bread is golden bread and soaked in melted butter. Serve right away.
  • 6. Note: Homemade garlic butter freezes very well, so don't worry about leftovers!

Instructions

  • 1. In a large pot, heat olive oil or butter over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic, then cook a few minutes until onion turns translucid.
  • 2. Add in remaining ingredients, cover, lower heat and let simmer 20 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
  • 3. ***For Garlic Buns:
  • 4. In a bowl, combine all the ingredients except the bread. Spread generously on every half-bun.
  • 5. Transfer to a cooking sheet and toast on Broil a few minutes or until bread is golden bread and soaked in melted butter. Serve right away.
  • 6. Note: Homemade garlic butter freezes very well, so don't worry about leftovers!
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