- prep: 20 min
- cook: 0 hr
- total: 20 min
Summary
A leftover turkey carcass is used to make a delicious broth, which is then used to make a warming soup akin to the Italian favorite tortellini en brodo. The recipe is written for 1 pound of carcass -- for each additional pound, double the aromatic ingredients (carrot, onion, celery, parsley and peppercorns; do not add more bay leaves) used to enhance the broth's flavor. For more tortellini, you will need about 8 cups turkey broth for every 9 ounces of tortellini.
Ingredients
- 1 coarsely chopped large carrot
- 1 coarsely chopped onion
- 1 coarsely chopped celery stalk
- A few sprigs fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 5 whole black peppercorns
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 pound leftover turkey carcass, cut up into smaller pieces
- Coarse salt
- 1 packed cup baby-spinach leaves
- 2 cups shredded leftover turkey meat
- 9 ounces tortellini
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 6
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 225 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 6 g 8.7%
- Saturated Fat: 2 g 11.28%
- Trans Fat: 0 g %
- Cholesterol: 76 mg 25.26%
- Sodium: 267 mg 11.14%
- Calcium: 83 mg 8.34%
- Potassium: 145 mg 4.14%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 2 mg 9.72%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 24 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 2 g 9.96%
- Sugar: 3 g
- Protein: 19 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 1 g
- Vitamin A 12.44%
- Vitamin C 7.76%
- Vitamin D 1.17%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat0
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs0
- Exchange - Starch1
- Exchange - Vegetables1
- Exchange - Lean Meat2
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total1 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total2 oz-eq