Vegetable Stock
I must be feeling particularly conscientious and perhaps a bit frugal. This afternoon I decided to try my hand at making vegetable stock. I cleared out the refrigerator of vegetables about to make their journey to the big black bin in the backyard known as the Earth Machine. The celery, carrots, green onion, parsley, red onion, and bok choy had a little more living left to do. First, I coarsely chopped them up. Then put them in a pot and added water.
The pot was about half vegetables half water. I added a bay leaf and whole peppercorns for flavor. I brought it up to a boil, and then let it simmer for a little over an hour. Once cooled, and strained I was left with a vegetable stock. The bok choy was the most prominent smell. In the future perhaps I would leave it out, so as to not dominate the mix.
Some of the stock I used in place of water while cooking a brown rice medley. This added depth and flavor to the rice with out adding the fat of butter. The rest is in the freezer for now. I plan on using it to sauté vegetables, booster soups/stews and in anything that calls for vegetable stock.
It feels good to not be wasteful, but it tastes even better.
The pot was about half vegetables half water. I added a bay leaf and whole peppercorns for flavor. I brought it up to a boil, and then let it simmer for a little over an hour. Once cooled, and strained I was left with a vegetable stock. The bok choy was the most prominent smell. In the future perhaps I would leave it out, so as to not dominate the mix.
Some of the stock I used in place of water while cooking a brown rice medley. This added depth and flavor to the rice with out adding the fat of butter. The rest is in the freezer for now. I plan on using it to sauté vegetables, booster soups/stews and in anything that calls for vegetable stock.
It feels good to not be wasteful, but it tastes even better.
posted by Paula at 8:35 PM
3 Comments:
Interesting. Maybe I'll give that a shot. I used TJ's veggie stock tonight to try to make potato leek soup, but I think the flavor of the stock overwhelmed the potatoes, or maybe I was just using too much stock. Anyway, I think it's always fun to try to make stuff that most people (even people who cook) would just buy from the store. Speaking of that, I still want to try making peanut butter.
No carrots? It doesnt seem like you tossed in a lot of onions either.
neat idea! being a half-assed vegetarian, i can use recipes like this :)
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