John Myers
Contents
show
How to cook a beef broth
If you want to prepare beef broth yourself, you need these ingredients for about 1.8 l broth: 2 kg beef bones with meat, 1 large bunch of soup greens, 3 cloves of garlic, 3 onions, 1 teaspoon of tomato paste, 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar, 3-4 bay leaves, 8 Allspice corns, 1 tablespoon black peppercorns, 4 sprigs of parsley, salt, and pepper.
- Place the beef bones in a large pot of cold water, bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Remove the meat from the pot, wash, pat dry and place on a baking sheet.
- Let the meat cook in a preheated oven at 220 degrees (convection oven: 200 degrees) for 50 minutes.
- Peel and halve the onions and sauté them cut-side down in a pan without fat.
- Add the tomato paste and roast it for a while.
- After cooking in the oven, place the meat in a large saucepan, add 2 liters of cold water, vinegar, bay leaves, peeled garlic, peppercorns and allspice and bring to a slow boil over medium-high heat.
- Let everything cook on medium heat for 3 hours, skimming off the foam from time to time.
- After two hours of cooking, add the washed and cut soup greens, the parsley stalks and 2 teaspoons of salt to the pot.
- After the end of the cooking time, pour the broth through a sieve and taste the liquid with salt and pepper.
Store and preserve beef broth
Since cooking the beef broth takes some time, it is worth preparing larger quantities and preserving them.
- If you transfer the broth from the pot into another container after boiling and let it cool down quickly, it can be stored in the refrigerator for a few days.
- Homemade beef broth can be stored in mason jars for up to 3 months. Fill the sterilized jars with the hot broth up to the brim, close the lid airtight and turn the jar upside down for 5 minutes. Then let it cool down properly.
- The beef broth can be kept for up to 6 months if you freeze it. Place freezer bags in a jar to make decanting easier, portion the broth, seal the bags, and place them in the freezer.
