Archive for the 'Vegetarian Stocks' Category
Basic Vegetable Stock
Ingredients
• heads of celery
• large onions
• carrots
• bunch of parsley stalks
• water
Directions
1. Wash the vegetables, chop coarsley and boil in the water for 30 minutes.
2. Leave to cool, then puree the mixture and sieve.
3. Discard the vegetable debris and store the stock in a sealed container in the refrigerator.
Note
It will keep happily for a couple of weeks, or may be frozen for up […]
Vegetable Brown Stock I
Ingredients
carrots, celery, bell peppers, garlic, onions and any other vegetable of your choice.
Directions
1. Clean the vegetables and chop them into big chunks.
2. Add about 1/2 cup of water to the bottom of the pan and roast the vegetables at 300-350 degrees in the oven until everything is dark brown.
3. Now transfer the vegetables into a new pot and […]
Brown Vegetable Stock II
Serves 4
Ingredients
• 2 Onions, yellow
• 1 Onions, red
• 5 Carrots
• 3 Leeks
• 3 Celery stalks
• 1 clove Garlic
• 1 Bay leaf
Directions
1. Preheat the oven to 450^F. Put the cut vegetables in a heavy baking pan.
2. Roast in the oven, uncovered, stirring occasionally, for about 1hour. Transfer the vegetables to a stockpot.
3. Cover with 8 cups of water. Bring to a boil and simmer, covered, for […]
Curry Stock
Serves 6
Ingredients
• 6 cups Water
• 2 Onions, peeled, chopped
• 1 tsp Garlic puree
• 1 tsp Ginger puree
• 1 tbsp ghee
• salt to taste
• 10 Cloves
• 10 Green Cardamoms
• 6 Pieces Cassia bark
• 6 Bay leaves
• 500 gm meat off-cuts and bones (optional)
Directions
1. Boil the water then add everything else.
2. Simmer for 1 hour with the lid on, by which time the stock should have reduced by half
3. (add meat […]
Dashi Stock (Japanese Clear Soup Stock)
There are four types made from kelp, dried bonito, shitake mushroom, or dried fish. Dashi stock is the secret of Japanese cooking. To keep the stock vegetarian, omit the dried bonito flakes and substitute with soy bean sprouts or mushrooms.
Serves 5
Ingredients
• 30 gm dried Kombu (10 inches) (Dried Kelp)
• 1 cup soy bean sprouts
Directions
1. Lightly brush kombu clean […]
Rich Vegetable Stock
Serves 6
Ingredients
• 2 tbsp. Butter or olive oil
• 1 Onion
• 1 cup Leek greens — roughly chopped
• 2 medium Carrots
• 4 Outer stalks of celery and Celery leaves
• 1 cup Cubed winter squash(Squash Seeds & Skins)
• 1 cup Chard stems
• 1 medium Potato
• 1 cup Thick Potato Parings
• ½ Celery root
• ¼ cup Lentils (rinsed)
• 6Thyme sprigs or 1/4 tsp.Dried thyme
• 2 Bay leaves
• 2 Handful borage leaves
• 3 Sage leaves
• 10 Parsley sprigs
• 4 Garlic cloves
• salt to taste
• 2 tsp Nutritional yeast (optional)
• 8 1/2 cup Cold water
Directions
1. Saute the chopped […]