In a large nonstick skillet, brown the ground turkey and onions with salt and pepper over medium heat (if using leftover turkey, cook the onions until translucent and fragrant then stir in turkey).
I was hunting for a recipe to use in this week's Turkey Ingredient Challenge.
I found this recipe & I have adjusted it to suit my tastes!
Ingredients of Turkey leftovers/ spaghetti turkey florentine
- Prepare of left over turkey.
- You need 3 clove of crushed garlic.
- It's 3/4 cup of milk.
- Prepare 3/4 cup of chicken or vegetable broth.
- It's 1 of left over turkey (as desired).
- You need 1 packages of of fresh spinach ( or frozen, well drained).
- You need 1 of cooked pasta ( spaghetti, penne, macaroni, linguini, whatever).
- It's 1/3 cup of parmesan cheese.
- Prepare 1 of handful of your favorite cheese( mozzarella).
- Prepare 1 of fresh ground pepper.
- It's 2 tbsp of butter.
- You need 2 tbsp of all-purpose flour.
Turkey leftovers/ spaghetti turkey florentine step by step
- Melt butter in a saucepan on low heat.
- Just before butter completely melts, add crushed garlic..
- Stir. Keep stirring while you add flour a little at a time(with a whisk) until it becomes a paste..
- As soon as it forms a paste add a little stock while stirring, add a little milk while stirring constantly. Keep alternating stock and milk. The sauce will thicken, you want to keep adding liquid. Stirring constantly..
- Add broth, add milk stirring continously untilmyou have a consistancy of a loose sauce. Add parmesan cheese and your favorite handful of cheese. My favorite is mozarella. Stir until cheese is melted. Add your Turkey and remove from heat..
- In deep enough skillet, sautee your fresh spinach. Use a touch of water, ( or I Use a touch of white wine) just to render the spinach. Add cooked pasta to heat through. Slowly add your prepared white sauce to the skillet. Serve hot.Melt.
- Top with parmesan if desired and fresh ground pepper. Enjoy your leftovers!.
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