Pic of Turkey vermicelli soup

Turkey vermicelli soup

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Turkey vermicelli soup

Soup Serves 4 30 min
This very quick and heartening soup uses up the scraps left over from a roast. With any luck you have already made stock out of the turkey or chicken carcass; if not, use chicken stock of the best quality you can find. This is also good with sweetcorn, mushrooms and finely chopped fresh ginger.

Ingredients

  • 15g butter
  • 1 small leek, halved and finely sliced
  • 2 celery sticks, finely sliced
  • 400ml turkey or chicken stock
  • 1 tin cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
  • turkey or chicken leftovers, shredded
  • 2 vermicelli nests, scrunched to pieces
  • celery leaves, chopped
  • Parmesan, grated
  • salt and pepper

Method

Prep time: 5 min
Cooking time: 25 min

  • Step 1

    Melt the butter in a saucepan with a dash of oil and sweat the sliced leek and celery until softened but not coloured.

  • Step 2

    Once tender, add the stock and bring to a simmer then add the beans.

  • Step 3

    Once heated through (a couple of minutes) add the turkey, seasoning, and the vermicelli.

  • Step 4

    Cook for a couple of minutes then turn off the heat and scatter the celery leaves on top. Cover and leave to stand for a couple of minutes so that the pasta absorbs the stock before serving.

  • Step 5

    Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary, then serve in warmed bowls with Parmesan to sprinkle over.