{"id":17559,"date":"2023-01-02T20:16:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T03:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houseofsmokeinc.com\/?post_type=cp_recipe&p=17559"},"modified":"2023-10-20T18:15:36","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T00:15:36","slug":"creole-turtle-soup","status":"publish","type":"cp_recipe","link":"https:\/\/houseofsmokeinc.com\/recipes\/creole-turtle-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Creole Turtle Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a classic Creole turtle soup-styled recipe from New Orleans. Easy to make… once you’ve ordered some of our turtle meat<\/b><\/a><\/h2>\n

Ingredients<\/h3>\n
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1.50<\/span> lbs<\/span> \u25a22 1\/2 pounds turtle meat on the bone, or 1 1\/2 pounds boneless<\/span><\/div>\n
4<\/span> <\/span> bay leaves<\/span><\/div>\n
salt<\/span><\/div>\n
1<\/span> cup<\/span> flour<\/span><\/div>\n
8<\/span> tbsp<\/span> unsalted butter<\/span><\/div>\n
2<\/span> <\/span> celery stalks, minced<\/span><\/div>\n
1<\/span> <\/span> green bell pepper, minced<\/span><\/div>\n
1.50<\/span> cups<\/span> minced onion<\/span><\/div>\n
4<\/span> <\/span> garlic cloves, minced<\/span><\/div>\n
1<\/span> <\/span> 18-ounce can crushed tomatoes<\/span><\/div>\n
3<\/span> tbsp<\/span> Worcestershire sauce<\/span><\/div>\n
1<\/span> tbsp<\/span> sweet paprika<\/span><\/div>\n
½<\/span> tsp<\/span> cayenne, or to taste<\/span><\/div>\n
½<\/span> cup<\/span> dry sherry<\/span><\/div>\n
⅓<\/span> cup<\/span> chopped parsley<\/span><\/div>\n
2<\/span> <\/span> hard-boiled eggs, chopped<\/span><\/div>\n
Grated zest of a lemon<\/span><\/div>\n
Black pepper<\/span><\/div>\n
2<\/span> tbsp<\/span> freshly squeezed lemon juice<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Directions<\/h3>\n
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Start by making the turtle stock. Put the turtle meat into a large pot and cover with 8 cups of water. Add the bay leaves and about a tablespoon of salt. Bring to a boil and skim the scum that floats to the top. Drop the heat to a bare simmer and cook until the turtle meat wants to fall off the bone, about 2 to 3 hours.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Remove the meat from the pot and pull it off the bones. Chop as coarse or as fine as you want. Strain the turtle broth and put it into a pot set over low heat to keep warm.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In a Dutch oven or other soup pot, melt the butter over medium-high heat and stir in the flour. Cook this, stirring almost constantly, to make a roux the color of peanut butter, which will take about 10 to 15 minutes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Add the green pepper, celery and onion and cook for about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook another minute. Add the chopped turtle meat and stir to combine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Stir in a cup of the turtle stock at a time until you the soup is the consistency of gravy. Add the tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce, cayenne and paprika. Add more turtle broth until the soup thins a bit. It should be thicker than water, thinner than gravy — like chicken and dumplings if you are familiar with that. Simmer gently for 15 minutes, or until the vegetables are soft.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Finish the soup with the sherry, parsley, lemon zest and hard-boiled eggs. Add them all, stir to combine and simmer for a minute or two. Add salt, black pepper and lemon juice to taste. Serve alone or with rice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":17560,"template":"","recipe_category":[235],"class_list":["post-17559","cp_recipe","type-cp_recipe","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cp_recipe_category-soups"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/houseofsmokeinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cooked_recipe\/17559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/houseofsmokeinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cooked_recipe"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/houseofsmokeinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cp_recipe"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/houseofsmokeinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/houseofsmokeinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/houseofsmokeinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cp_recipe_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/houseofsmokeinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recipe_category?post=17559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}