mmmm turkey soup with apples and mushrooms and craisin dumplings!!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

What did you do with the rest of your bird?

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. craisin?

Is that cranberry and raisin? That sounds delicious!

How do you make the dumplings? I love dumplings, but never make them.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

3. Yes a craisin is a dried cranberry

When I make chicken and dumplings, I make them the southern way with my dough pressed with a pizza roller and cut.
When I make dumpling soup, I like one big dumpling in the center of the bowl so I make the dough with bisquick, milk and I put the crasins in the dough...then I sppon the dough to float on top of the soup and let it steam in the pot for about ten of fifteen minutes after I am done making the soup...this makes a big fluffy dumpling that sits pretty in the center of the bowl.

The broth for the soup is my carcass (well not mine but the turkey's) and the drumsticks and wings along with about 5 to 8 chicken wings (they make it richer)
about 8 cups of water
several celery stalks including the tops
2 med onions
parsely
3 cloves of garlic
on that last half hour I put some sage leafs (too strong otherwise)
salt and pepper


I strain this and take whatever meat is available
then I chop 2 cups of mushrooms
one crispy apple (arkansas black is what I am using today)
1 stalk of fresh celery incluiding the tops
add that to the broth
1 cup madiera wine (reduced prior to adding)

let that cook for about 30 minutes

then make the dumplings (recipe is on the bisquick box) and add about 1/4 cup of craisins to the recipe.
Float balls of the dumpling dough on the top of the soup COVERED for about 10 to 15 minutes

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. Mmmmmm sounds good!

I miss my mom's dumplings. She also used Bisquik, and they came out wonderfully every time. Egads, bringing back feelings of missing her now.

I just never think to make the darn things when I'm actually cooking, so it's been years and years since I've had them. Maybe some day I'll remember to make dumplings, and not just think of them as I get ready for bed, or when I'm out in the city, or on an airplane or something.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

6. My DAD was the dumpling king

So it does the same for me. Anyway, to make them like this is easy...the recipe for dumplings for chicken and dumplings is a bit more involved...this was isn't too labor intense so give it a try.

BTW..I made you clam chowder about a week ago..it was great!

[Rabrrrrrr]

9. Thanks for making it!

Glad you liked the chowder. I'm eating some right now, from another batch I made last week.

Soup is always so good after it's been in the fridge for a few days.

One Christmas, Mom and I decided to make the oyster stew the day before, so that it could sit in the fridge overnight. Yummy!!

[flamingyouth]

2. Turkey pot pie

With puff pastry. Inside, peas, carrots, celery, Yukon Gold potatoes and our leftover gravy. It was good. Now we are officially sick of turkey!

[proud patriot]

5. Mmmm sounds delicious

but my husbad is making an ugly face

so I may have to make covertly ;-)

on edit I make Soup and duplings too
but without the apple and craisen .

made my soup yesterday

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

8. Every once in a while I have a sweet tooth

this helps in a good way.

[Rabrrrrrr]

7. Back when we had turkey,

My favorite part of turkey eating wasn't on Thanksgfiving, but the cold turkey sandwiches with lots of mayonnaisse that I'd get to eat for the next 3 or 4 days. I'd have maybe 4 or 5 a day. Wonderful!!

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

10. Used to be turkey pot pie...

before my mom developed her severe allergy to turkey.

We're going to try stuffing a big ol' pork roast this Christmas. Tasty, but it just won't be the same...