Saturday, July 24, 2021

Vegetable broth from scratch - FOK course

 

This was remarkably delicious.  The vegetables have absolutely no taste at the end, even the garlic and tomatoes. I salvaged the carrots, which also were pretty tasteless, but I hate wasting food.  So I had them with a mustard sauce that was leftover from a whole roasted cauliflower dish, also from FOK.  

The broth came to about 4-5 cups.  I made 1.5 times the recipe because I needed 6 cups.

I used the  broth to make the cabbage soup for the course (task 138) and it was very good.  Vinegar and pepper make it hot and sour.  

Ingredients:

• 4 carrots, peeled and chopped 
• 1/2 head celery, chopped 
• 2 large onions, chopped 
• 8-10 oz leek, white and green parts, chopped 
• 3 to 6 cloves garlic, peeled 
• 1 tsp black peppercorns 
• 2 bay leaves 
• 2 qt cold water 
• 1/4 cup sun–dried tomatoes 
• 1 small handful of fresh parsley 
• a few sprigs of thyme 


Directions:

First, gather and prepare your mise en place.

To start the stock, add all ingredients to a large stockpot. Bring to a boil and lower heat to a simmer. Allow to gently simmer, uncovered, for 1 to 1 1/2 hours. 

I let it go for 90 minutes, as the taste kept developing throughout. 

When it's done, let it cool for 15-20 minutes, then run it over a strainer and remove all the vegetables.  Most need to be discarded / composted, but I did use the carrots the next day, as I noted above.


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