Turkey Noodle Soup

Made from Thanksgiving turkey leftovers, obviously.

Since I don't have a massive stock pot, I hacked my turkey carcass into a few bits so that it could fit in two smaller pots. I didn't have any carrots left over, so I just chopped up some leeks, an onion and some celery and put that in the pot with the bones, along with water to cover and bay leaves. I let it boil away for a LONG time. Then I drained the stock through a colander, and brought the stock to a boil again, skimming, and occasionally topping up with water when needed. It tasted lovely, but I wasn't ready for it, so I just left it on the stovetop.


So anyways, a lovely dear friend of ours stayed over with us on Friday after breaking up with his girlfriend. Frowny. So I did what I know best and fed the fellow. After one or nine pints on Friday night we headed back to the house and devoured the Tupperware container of leftovers with our fingers. Yum. The next morning there was just enough left for soup.

Pre-Friday photo. I am now quite surprised that we manage to eat so much of this with just our fingers.

I had about 3/4 cup of gravy still left from Thanksgiving, so I shoved that in with the stock. It was quite gelatinous, so it needed stirring through, but it added lovely flavour and texture to the soup. Then I chopped up the leftover turkey into comforting Campbell's-Chicken-Noodle-Soup-sized pieces. There were a few peas, some mashed potatoes and some cranberry sauce left as well, so it ALL went in with the stock. Mmm.

Then I made no0dles. I followed a recipe that I found online, stating 1 egg to 1 cup of flour. So I tried to do that, but I think I added too much flour as the one egg wasn't cutting it. So I added another egg, mixing it all up in a bowl with my fingers. When it started to gather, I dumped it out on the the worksurface to knead. The next step was challenging as I had recycled my wine-bottle rolling pin and had to improvise. I used a cunning mixture of a beer bottle and a jar of mayonnaise. I rolled the dough nice and thin, keeping both sides floured, and sliced and stacked and cut it into thinnish, 3 inch noodles. The noodles went into the soup, the top on the pot, and it boiled away for 10 minutes or so until the noodles were cooked.

OMG it was lovely!


What a surprise. I've never made homemade noodles before and it was well worth it. :)