Turtle soup is a traditional cult dish in the culinary traditions of many Far Eastern (and not only) peoples. Currently turtle soup is popular not only in the East, it is considered a very useful delicacy and a real gourmet dish.
In general, if you do not mind the cute reptiles, we will understand how to make soup from a turtle.
In order not to miss the first animal that was caught or bought at the pet store, it would be nice to first find out what kinds of turtle soup is cooked (there are about 230 modern types). There are cases of severe and even fatal poisonings by some species. It should be noted that the marsh and Mediterranean turtles (found in Russia and Ukraine) are listed in the red book. Usually, for the preparation of soup from turtle use meat of green, cayman, griffin and Far Eastern tortoises. Prepare soup from the red-bellied turtle.
Turtle soup - a recipe in the oriental style
Ingredients:
- meat of one turtle;
- meat beef low-fat - 250 g;
- onion - 1 pc .;
- parsley root - 1-2 pieces;
- spices for broth (bay leaves, pepper-peas, cloves);
- aromatic herbs (basil, marjoram, parsley, dill, rosemary);
- fresh asparagus - 150 g;
- sweet red pepper - 2 pcs .;
- pepper spicy cayenne - 1 piece;
- madera or sherry - 200 ml;
- lime or lemon - 1 pc .;
- starch - 2 tsp.
- garlic - 2-5 denticles;
- salt.
Preparation
First, we must cut off the head and limbs from the turtle, drain the blood into a separate cup. Carefully separate the carapace from the plastron (upper and lower parts of the shell), gut, trying not to touch the gallbladder (put it aside). Inside it is better to throw. Remove the meat, thoroughly rinse with cold running water and cut into small slices. We boil the slices in salted water for 3-4 hours, along with the beef, cut into small pieces, periodically removing the noise. By the end of the process, add roots, and onions. We catch meat and filter the broth. We combine meat and broth.
In a separate saucepan pour the wine, add the spices, boil for 4 minutes and leave to stand for 15 minutes. We pour into a saucepan with soup. We add stalks of asparagus and sweet pepper, cut into short straws. We cook for 8 minutes
We pour soup from the turtle on soup cups, season with chopped garlic and hot pepper. Sprinkle with finely chopped herbs.
That's not all.
Blood turtle and its bile mix and dilute strong, preferably, rice vodka 1: 1, we season this wonderful cocktail with lime juice and serve it to the table.
Less extreme eastern soups: soup fok and kimchi , will also please the admirers of classical cuisine.