Turtle Soup Recipe From Our Kitchen
You will love the taste of turtle soup and making our grandmothers turtle soup recipe is healthy and easy.
Turtle soup is soup made from the meat of turtles with spices and fresh vegetables. Our classic turtle soup recipe stewed Tanzania style, like they serve off the river and lakes throughout Africa.
In the kitchen, we are the followers of the wisdom of our ancestors. Cooking is highly socialized and practical art. Each day, while it adds to our food experience it should also increase African ancestor food knowledge.
In the kitchen, we are the followers of the wisdom of our ancestors. Cooking is highly socialized and practical art. Each day, while it adds to our food experience it should also increase African ancestor food knowledge.
Now that intercommunication between distant nations has become easier and frequent, the rural and city-dweller of Africa commands greater attention to culinary art. One art of cooking Africa offers is how to cook turtle soup.
How the catch and clean snapping turtles for eating
Catching and cleaning snapping turtles is easy. In Africa they live in a wide variety of marine habitats: large creeks,
rivers, swamps, marshes, and lagoons. Fishing, grabbing them by the tail or the
back of their shell is the usual method for catching snapping turtles. Snapping
turtle used for eating must come from clean waterways.
To begin the process of cleaning a snapping
turtle, cut the turtle's head off and hang the turtle upside down tied to a
post to let the blood drain out. Then with plyers, muscles and a sharp hunting
knife pull the skin off the turtle, parboiling with help loosen the skin for easier
peeling.
The shell underneath the turtle is called the
plastron, between this shell and the hardtop shell is soft joint easy to cut
away. Remove the plastron with a sharp cutting hunting knife and remove the
entrails.
Then cut away the meat, fat is yellow, detach from
the meat but you can save this fat to favor other dishes. Cut up turtle meat
just as you would turkey or chicken. Soak the turtle meat in clean water for
12-24 hours changing the water every 4 hours.
Boneless snapping turtle meat
can be fried or stewed, however low heat and
slow cooking methods have the best cooking results. The four legs and the tail of the snapping turtle are dark meat, the neck and back straps are white meat. Snapping turtles can average 10 to 12 inches in upper shell length and weigh between 15 to 25 pounds. Two pounds of boneless turtle meat cost between $38 and $50. Turtle meat is healthy with one cup of turtle meat has around 220 calories, 33 grams of protein and 2 grams of saturated fat.
Turtle Soup Recipe From Our Kitchen
Ingredients
2 cups boneless snapping turtle
meat
4 cups vegetable
stock
2 tablespoons
all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons salted
butter
4 stalks chopped
celery
1 medium chopped
white onion
1 medium chopped red onion
1 medium chopped red onion
3 diced carrots
2 medium red
tomatoes
2 tablespoons minced
garlic
1 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon
allspice
1 teaspoon freshly
minced parsley leaves
2 teaspoons ground
nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground
ginger
Salt and black
pepper to taste
Directions
In a large pot with
a heavy lid over medium-high heat add butter, melt then add seasonings. Add flour and turtle meat
stirring well until turtle meat is slightly brown. Add stock and remaining
ingredients. Continue to cook over medium-high heat until the mixture boils,
then reduce the heat to low and simmer for 2 hours. Dish into serving bowls
and enjoy The African Gourmet easy recipe of turtle soup.
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