Creamy Wild-Rice Soup With Smoked Turkey

Description: This came from Cooking Light 2001 magazine and it has been our favorite since I found it. It is the best cold, rainy, gloomy, any day soup ever!!

Ingredients:

• 2 teaspoons butter
• 1 cup carrot, chopped
• 1 cup onion, chopped
• 1 cup green onion, chopped
• 1 teaspoon fresh rosemary, chopped or 1/4 teaspoon dried rosemary
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 32 ounces fat-free low-sodium chicken broth
• 1 1/2 cups smoked turkey breast, chopped (~1/2 lb)
• 1 cup wild rice, uncooked (or mixed brown & wild)
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 3/4 cups 1% low-fat milk or 2 3/4 cups skim milk
• 2 tablespoons dry sherry
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Steps:

1. Melt butter in a dutch oven over med high heat; add carrot and next 5 ingredients; saute 8 minutes or until brown.
2. Stir in broth scraping pan to loosen browned bits.
3. Stir in turkey and rice; cover and simmer 1 hour 15 minutes or until rice is tender.
4. Combine flour and milk in a small bowl stirring with a whisk.
5. Add flour/milk mixture to pan and cook over medium heat about 8 minutes or until thick.
6. Stir in sherry and salt.