After a fabulous Christmas lunch with the family Natalie made a huge batch of stock from the turkey carcase and left over veggies, has been a usual event for a few years. Normally Natalie would then use some of the stock to make a soup, well this year I'll have to do my own, so here I go.
Ingredients
- 1/2 litre turkey stock.
- 2 carrots
- 1/2 a small swede
- 8 - 10 Brussels
- 1 large parsnips
- 2 shallots
- 175g smoked bacon cubes
- seasoning
Start my peeling and finely chopping the shallots, then in a large pan add a little olive oil and fry off the bacon until nice and golden, it does not need to be crispy. Add the shallots and cook gently until translucent and soft.
Next peel and dice the remaining veggies so they are roughly the same size and add to the pan and soften for 5 minutes. Add the stock and simmer slowly until all veggies and tender. Remove a quarter of the veggies and a little of the bacon leaving all of the liquid in the pan, blitz with a hand blender (you can add the soup to a larger blender at this stage if you wishuntil smooth and they return the chunky bits you removed, this will give you a little texture.
If you do not have some home made stock simply buy a tub of fresh.
Serve with some fresh bread and you've got a great meal.
Enjoy
