Basic Brown Stock Recipe
🕒 Total Time: 6 hours 40 minutes
🥘 Recipe Category: Stocks
🔪 Prep Time: 40 minutes
🍽️ Servings: 5 quarts
🥣 Ingredients:
- 5-6 pounds bones, cut into 3 to 4 inch pieces
- 5-6 onions
- 8 carrots
- 4 celery stalks
- 4 tablespoons tomato puree
- 8 bay leaves
- 1/2 bunch of thyme
- 1/8 cup whole peppercorns
- 1/8 cup parsley stems
- 3-4 cloves
🔥 Instructions:
- Preheat your oven to 400°F (200°C).
- Prepare the bones by cutting them into pieces.
- Roast the bones in a roasting pan in the preheated oven until they are well browned.
- Transfer the browned bones to a stockpot.
- Cover the bones with water and bring to a simmer.
- Skim off any impurities that rise to the top of the water.
- Drain and reserve the fat from the roasting pan.
- Deglaze the roasting pan with water and add the liquid to the stockpot.
- Prepare the mirepoix by tossing the onions, carrots, and celery in some of the reserved fat, then brown them well either in the oven or on the stovetop.
- Add the browned mirepoix and tomato puree to the stockpot.
- Continue to simmer the stock.
- Create a sachet by placing the bay leaves, thyme, peppercorns, parsley stems, and cloves in a square of cheesecloth, then tie it with a string leaving one end long enough to tie to the stockpot handle.
- Attach the sachet to the stockpot handle.
- Simmer the stock for a total of 5-6 hours, skimming the surface as necessary and adding water as needed to keep the bones covered.
- Strain the stock through a china cap lined with several layers of cheesecloth.
- Cool the stock in a cold water bath, then refrigerate.
👩🍳 Chef’s Tips:
- For a richer flavor, you can roast the bones for a longer time.
- Don’t forget to deglaze the roasting pan to capture all those delicious flavors.
- Straining the stock through cheesecloth will help remove any impurities, resulting in a clear and clean stock.
- You can use this basic brown stock as a base for soups, stews, sauces, and more. It adds depth and complexity to any dish!
Now you have a hearty, flavorful brown stock ready to elevate your culinary creations! Enjoy cooking and sharing the love with this recipe from lovewithrecipes.com. 🍲✨
