Turkey Noodle Soup

So, soup day.

Picked up some bionature stelline pasta. Had some Turkey left over from a breast I used half of for some peanut sauce pasta in the freezer, and yesterday I made stock from the drumstick bones left over from the BBQ turkey I made over NBX weekend (yeah that wasn't my best offering, but the collards that day were good).

So I cooked that stuff down a long time, and the stock essentially solidified in the fridge, it was good. Stock was made with the drumstick bones and leftovers, carrots, celery tops (had bought a bunch of organic celery and just chopped the top 2" off for the stock), broccoli stems, maybe some onion, i think a bit of garlic but I don't remember. Some salt and that's about it.

Cooked for a while. Actually made the stock over two days. started it on new year's eve then plunked the pot in some ice overnight and then brought it up to a boil, strained it and then simmered and skimmed and then bagged and froze it once it cooled down.

Anyway.

Put a bit of olive oil in the stock pot. In three batches brown 1.5 pounds of diced turkey, not cooked all the way, just get them some color and pull them out into a bowl with a slotted spoon.

Once all the turkey has been browned stick 3-4 diced carrots, 1/2 an onion, 1 rib of celery diced in with the draining's from the cooked turkey, add a touch more olive oil and cook the veggies for a bit. Then I added between a teaspoon-tablespoon of dried Thyme (i'd use fresh but i don't have any).

Just before adding water I tossed a tsp of rice wine vinegar to deglaze a bit. Then 5 cups of the stock and about 5-6 cups of water. Brought it to a boil. Let it roll for a bit, then lowered the heat and added the browned but not cooked turkey and I pressed three cloves of garlic in there, a sprinkle of salt

Next up about 10 minutes before serving I'm adding about 1/2 of the pasta (8oz to be specific). It isn't egg pasta so it just keeps swelling. If I put the whole 16oz bag in the soup it would probably suck up most of the fluid. So it is simmering right now. I said screw it - there's enough volume that i put the whole bag in there. Could be a mistake, we'll see.

The tastes I've had are awesome. Good flavor, nice and rich but not overly complex. Pretty damn yummy.

The Hoppin' John and Collards last night were awesome. Even better for lunch today.

So good.

Food.

Mmm.