TURKEY SOUP SUPREME

Ingredients:

• Turkey carcass
• Leftover turkey scraps, skin, bits of stuffing, gravy, drippings, etc.
• 2 medium yellow onions (or 1 very large)
• 2 or 3 carrots, cubed
• ½ cup rice
• 6 cloves
• 8 carrots, peeled
• 2 parsnips, peeled
• 1 Tbsp. salt
• 8 peppercorns
• 3-4 qt. water

Additional Ingredients After Straining:

• 1 cup cooked rice
• 16 oz. can white kidney beans
• 9 oz. pkg. frozen green beans
• 16 oz. can plum tomatoes in puree
• 1 cup sliced mushrooms
• Reserved wings and pieces of turkey
• Salt and pepper

Instructions:

1. Trim wing and any pieces of meat from the turkey carcass; reserve.
2. Break the carcass into large pieces and place in a deep pot with the remaining initial ingredients.
3. Cover, bring to a boil, and simmer for 3 hours. Cool and strain the broth.
4. To clarify broth: Return broth to pot, add egg white and broken egg shell, bring to a rapid boil, whisk, and simmer for about 8 minutes. Strain through a cloth-lined strainer; reserve the carrots and parsnips.
5. Rinse and slice the reserved carrots and parsnips. Add them to the clarified broth along with the additional ingredients.
6. Cook for 15 minutes, adjusting seasonings to taste.
7. Top with dumplings (optional). Makes 3 quarts, about 8 main dish servings.