Tuscan Turkey Soup Recipes

TUSCAN SMOKED TURKEY-BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Place the beans into a large bowl, fill the bowl with water, and cover the bowl with a cloth. Allow to soak overnight. Drain and rinse the beans.
• Place the soaked beans, turkey legs, onion, and bay leaves into a large soup pot, cover with water, then bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer for 3 hours. Remove bay leaves, and discard. Remove the turkey legs from the broth, separate the meat from the bones and tendons, and return the meat to the broth. Stir in celery, carrots, diced tomatoes, Italian seasoning, and salt and pepper; simmer until the celery and carrots are tender, about 1 hour. Serve in bowls and sprinkle each serving with about 1 teaspoon of Parmesan cheese.

TUSCAN TURKEY SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute onion and celery in oil until tender.
• Add the garlic, cook 1 minute longer.
• Stir in the turkey, broth, pumpkin, beans, salt, basil, and pepper, and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat, simmer uncovered for 10-15 minutes or until heated through, stirring occasionally.
• Serve with cheese.

TUSCAN TURKEY SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onion and celery; cook and stir until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer., Stir in broth, pumpkin, beans, turkey, salt, basil and pepper. Heat through, stirring occasionally. If desired, serve with cheese.

ITALIAN WHITE BEAN TURKEY SOUP WITH SAGE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a saucepan. Add garlic and saute over low heat until garlic turns golden. Add sage and saute a few seconds, then add pureed beans and broth. Bring to a simmer and add turkey; simmer a few minutes to heat turkey through. Add lemon juice, off heat and season to taste with salt and pepper.

ITALIAN TURKEY MEATBALL SOUP

Steps:

• In a large soup pot, sauté the onion in oil for a couple of minutes, then add garlic, celery, carrots, and red bell pepper. Cook for about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add zucchini and cook another 5 minutes. Add Italian Seasoning and cook for another few minutes.
• Add canned tomatoes, chicken broth, wine, barley and freshly ground black pepper. Simmer for 30 minutes.
• If too thick, add about a cup of water. Add frozen turkey meatballs; bring back to a boil and simmer another 20 minutes.
• Add spinach; simmer 5 more minutes. Taste and add salt, if necessary, and simmer another few minutes.
• Top each bowl with cheese and serve with salad and freshly baked bread or dinner rolls. (see Oatmeal Dinner Rolls.).

TUSCAN TURKEY SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• In a nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Let cool and slice. , In a large saucepan, whisk together the broth, soup, mushrooms, onion, Italian seasoning, garlic and herb seasoning, caraway seeds and fennel seed. Add sausage. Bring to a boil. , Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Add beans and leek. Simmer 10 minutes longer or until vegetables are tender.

ITALIAN TURKEY SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy large saucepan over medium heat. Add bell pepper, onion, garlic, basil, fennel seeds and crushed red pepper and sauté until vegetables are just tender, about 10 minutes. Add broth. Cover pot and simmer 10 minutes. Add zucchini and carrot. Cover and simmer until carrot is almost tender, about 5 minutes. Increase heat to high and bring soup to boil. Add ravioli and boil until tender, about 5 minutes. Add turkey and cook just until heated through, about 1 minute. Season soup to taste with salt and pepper.
• Ladle soup into bowls. Serve, passing cheese separately.