Williamsburg Turkey Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 turkey carcass
4 qt. water
1 c. butter or margarine
1 c. all-purpose flour
3 onions, chopped
2 large carrots, diced
2 stalks celery, diced
1 c. long grain rice (uncooked)
2 tsp. salt
3/4 tsp. pepper
2 c. half and half

Preparation

Place turkey carcass and water in a large Dutch oven; bring to a boil.
Cover, reduce heat and simmer 1 hour.
Remove carcass from broth; pick meat from bones.
Set broth and meat aside. Measure broth; add water to broth, if necessary, to measure 3 quarts.
Heat butter in Dutch oven.
Add flour; cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes.
(Roux will be a very light color.)