— Ellie Westrate

So, uh, you heard me explaining that whole butternut squash thing earlier, right? That, uh, that soup with the chunks of it in there with the, um, the fennel and the almonds, the fennel seeds, throwing a bunch of bay leaves. So try this. If you're doing a Turkey, go out and get a bunch of Turkey legs. Make a nice broth out of that. Very, very slowly simmering with a whole lot of bay leaves in there. Uh, whatever spices you want. Maybe a couple knobs of ginger, some star anise pods in there to give it a nice real nuance. Maybe even a cinnamon stick or some cloves. Not to make it pumpkin pie sweet here, but just to add some, some real depth and richness nuance to it. So then you've got your Turkey legs, which you basically braised in water with these spices in order to make a Turkey broth, but also your cooked chicken or you cooked Turkey legs, right? So take the Turkey legs out, cool 'em down, shred them into nice big pieces. Make that butternut squash soup as I explained it to you before. Uh, maybe add in some other veg in there. Throw in some diced up, uh, red skin potatoes with their skin on for added color. Let's see, what else could we add in there? Hmm. Throw in some whole Brussels sprouts. Get those tiny little ones that are so sexy that just make you wanna roast 'em and just eat 'em, right? Throw some of those in their hole so they braise down. Use your Turkey broth, strained of your spices as the base of your soup. And then when the whole thing is done, you take your, your Turkey legs, shredded meat, add that back in there, a nice drizzle of olive oil over the top, maybe even some almond oil or something like that. Chopped fresh herbs. Big giant loaf of bread on the side, sliced up toasted, rubbed with some fresh garlic as soon as it comes outta the oven. So slice a clove of garlic in half toast off your bread. Soon as it comes out. Just rub the cut side of that garlic on there, just two or three passes, and you get this incredible, lovely fresh aroma of, of the garlic on the bread without any of that character of the sort of the chunky character of the garlic man. You've got a really nice one pot meal that is very seasonal, that is evocative of the sort of traditional meal itself, but there you go. And it's pretty cost effective too. And dang delicious. There you go. Cheers. Hope you enjoy that. That's a kind of fun idea. I just came up with that one.