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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
- It's of left over turkey.
- Prepare 3 clove of crushed garlic.
- You need 3/4 cup of milk.
- You need 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).
- It's 1 of cooked pasta ( spaghetti, penne, macaroni, linguini, whatever).
- It's 1/3 cup of parmesan cheese.
- It's 1 of handful of your favorite cheese( mozzarella).
- You need 1 of fresh ground pepper.
- It's 2 tbsp of butter.
- Prepare 2 tbsp of all-purpose flour.
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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!.
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