Bayou Turtle Soup

Submitted by Chef Joseph Davis

"Turtle soup (Cajun style)."

 

• Ready In: 4hrs 30mins
• Ingredients: 22
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 3 lbs turtle meat
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 8 tablespoons flour
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 cup shallot, chopped
• 2 large tomatoes, chopped
• 1⁄2 cup celery & tops, fine chopped
• 3 large bell peppers, fine chopped
• 6 garlic cloves, chopped
• 2 teaspoons cloves
• 2 teaspoons thyme
• 2 bay leaves
• 1⁄4 teaspoon allspice
• 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 1⁄2 cups water
• 4 cups beef stock
• 2 lemons
• 6 tablespoons sherry wine
• 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
• 1⁄4 cup parsley
• 1⁄4 cup green onion, tops
• 3 hard-boiled eggs

directions

1. Melt butter/add flour to make roux (don't burn).
2. Add onions, tomatoes, bell peppers, celery and garlic.
3. Cook over med heat about 30 minutes.
4. Add meat in small pieces, then add salt, black pepper, red pepper, bay leaves, thyme, cloves, allspice, grated nutmeg, beef stock, and water.
5. Bring to boil then simmer 2 1/2 hours.
6. Thirty minutes before soup is done, add Worcestershire, lemon and sherry.
7. Turn off fire add parsley an green onion tops to add more flavor add mor water if needed.
8. Prior to serving, add sliced eggs.
9. Serve with garlic French bread.

Reviews

[Cooking Mom of 7]

Turtle meat can be purchased from exoticmeats.com. I've never been disappointed.

 

[ngibsonn]

The only place I have seen turtles sold has been in chinatown, San Francisco, NYC, Toronto, Vancouver. I'm sure any city with a good sized chinatown has live turtles.

 

[papergoddess]

This soup sounds great. I don't want to sound dumb, but I've never seen turtle meat sold in a grocery store, at least not where I live. Where would you buy it, or do you have to catch them? My uncle used to catch snappers and have a big turtle-fry (it was really more like stew)and it was really good.