Turkey leftovers/ spaghetti turkey florentine. I was hunting for a recipe to use in this week's Turkey Ingredient Challenge. I found this recipe & I have adjusted it to suit my tastes! Turkey leftovers/ spaghetti turkey florentine jinglesjen.
Spoon the mixture into a casserole dish, top it all with some more shredded cheddar, and then bake it up until it's all bubbly around the edges.
And that's all there is to it.
This Turkey Florentine Pasta Bake combines lean ground turkey with spinach and marinara for a simple baked pasta dish the whole family will love!
You can have Turkey leftovers/ spaghetti turkey florentine using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Turkey leftovers/ spaghetti turkey florentine
- Prepare of left over turkey.
- You need 3 clove of crushed garlic.
- You need 3/4 cup of milk.
- It's 3/4 cup of chicken or vegetable broth.
- You need 1 of left over turkey (as desired).
- It's 1 packages of of fresh spinach ( or frozen, well drained).
- Prepare 1 of cooked pasta ( spaghetti, penne, macaroni, linguini, whatever).
- It's 1/3 cup of parmesan cheese.
- Prepare 1 of handful of your favorite cheese( mozzarella).
- You need 1 of fresh ground pepper.
- It's 2 tbsp of butter.
- It's 2 tbsp of all-purpose flour.
In a large bowl, combine the broth, soup, salt and pepper. Pour broth mixture over the top. Of course you don't have to save this Creamy Leftover Turkey Pasta recipe for Boxing Day…you can make it any time of the year…if you don't have any roast turkey leftovers, either use leftover roast chicken, or quickly fry up some diced (or ground) turkey or chicken and continue with the recipe. Make the most of lingering leftovers with these super easy turkey recipes.
Turkey leftovers/ spaghetti turkey florentine step by step
- Melt butter in a saucepan on low heat.
- Just before butter completely melts, add crushed garlic..
- Stir. Keep stirring while you add flour a little at a time(with a whisk) until it becomes a paste..
- As soon as it forms a paste add a little stock while stirring, add a little milk while stirring constantly. Keep alternating stock and milk. The sauce will thicken, you want to keep adding liquid. Stirring constantly..
- Add broth, add milk stirring continously untilmyou have a consistancy of a loose sauce. Add parmesan cheese and your favorite handful of cheese. My favorite is mozarella. Stir until cheese is melted. Add your Turkey and remove from heat..
- In deep enough skillet, sautee your fresh spinach. Use a touch of water, ( or I Use a touch of white wine) just to render the spinach. Add cooked pasta to heat through. Slowly add your prepared white sauce to the skillet. Serve hot.Melt.
- Top with parmesan if desired and fresh ground pepper. Enjoy your leftovers!.
These fuss-free recipes all call for pre-cooked turkey, so all you need to do is pull the leftovers out of the fridge. Stir in pasta sauce, artichokes and spinach until well combined. Creamy spaghetti loaded with chopped leftover turkey and slathered with cheese, Turketti aka: Leftover Turkey Spaghetti Casserole debuted to rave reviews with our kiddos. It's an easy, tasty way to enjoy those turkey leftovers. Not to mention, it's just got a fun name, don't you think?
