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Bone Stock

Beef bones roasted in the oven, then simmered gently for long hours with vegetables: a dark, deep stock.

⏱ 7 hr 39 min

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Preheat the oven to 200°C (390°F)' and roast the bones in a pan for about half an hour, until browned'.
    ⚙ Preheating the OvenOvenBaking pan
    💡Roasting is what gives the stock its dark color and deep meaty flavor.
    💡Put things in the oven only once it's reached temperature, after the heating light has gone off: an oven that hasn't reached temperature changes baking times, and the bake burns outside or stays underbaked.
  2. 2
    Transfer the bones to a large pot, along with the juices in the pan.
    Large pot
  3. 3
    Add the water and the onion, carrot, celery, bay leaves and peppercorns, and bring to a boil.
    Stove
  4. 4
    'Skim off the foam. 'Turn down' the heat to very low' and simmer' only very gently' 6–8 hours.
    ⚙ SimmeringStove
    💡Skim off the foam that rises at the start of cooking: it's proteins that cloud the stock.
    💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.
  5. 5
    Strain through a fine strainer and let cool.
    Fine sieve
144calories
12 gprotein
5 gcarbs
8 gfat
● protein 35%● carbs 15%● fat 50%

Per serving (750 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (5) · 🍳 2 cooking vessels

  • Oven · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Toaster oven (Fits one small pan; good for small batches) · Air fryer (Small batches only, no runny batters) · Pot (Only for covered stews on the stovetop, no browning on top)
  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Large pot · Also works: Pot (Cook in two batches)
  • Baking pan · Also works: Glass / ovenproof baking dish (None) · Disposable pan (None)
  • Fine sieve · Also works: Cheesecloth (Cheesecloth over a sieve) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Colander (Lets more through)

By the steps, as the recipe is built now: another version or addition can change the list.

⚙️ What you can change

  • Possible additions: Leek · onion · carrot · Celeriac · Celery stalks · Parsley root · Bunch of parsley · garlic · Bay leaves · Black peppercorns · Thyme · Vinegar · salt · Oil for brushing · Tomato paste on the bones · Rosemary · Salt and pepper at the end
  • Roasting temperature (degrees): 200
  • Roasting time: about half an hour

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