Recipes

TURKEY WITH TORTELLINI & ORANGES
  • Ingredients
  • 1 full load of pasta dough made into meat or
  • cheese tortellini (see recipes in Stuffed and Specialty chapter)
  • 3 large oranges (about 1-1/2 pounds total)
  • 7 cups regular-strength chicken broth
  • 3 cups diced, cooked turkey OR chicken
  • 2 teaspoons celery seeds
  • 2 cups sour cream
  • 1/4 cup chopped chive
Directions
  1. Make tortellini and set aside
  2. Using a vegetable peeler, cut a strip of peel (colored part only) 6 inches long and about 1 inch wide from one of the oranges
  3. Cut strip into long, thin shreds and set aside
  4. Then completely peel all 3 oranges, discarding peel and white membrane
  5. Cut each orange crosswise into 6 slices; set slices aside
  6. In a 5 to 6-quart pan, bring broth to a boil
  7. Add tortellini and cook until al dente
  8. Remove cooked tortellini with a slotted spoon and transfer to a heated serving platter
  9. To broth in pan, add turkey or chicken, celery seeds, and orange peel shreds
  10. Cook until meat is just heated through
  11. Lift out meat and spoon over tortellini
  12. Place sour cream in a small pan, then stir in 3 tablespoons of the chives and 1/2 cup of the hot broth (reserve remaining broth for other uses)
  13. Stir broth-sour cream mixture over low heat just until hot, then spoon over pasta and meat
  14. Sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoon chives and arrange orange slices around the edges of the serving platter.


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