Simple Homemade Beef Broth
Homemade beef broth is that type of food, which is nutritious, flavorful and versatile. It is also inexpensive. Most importantly, it is so simple to make that you do not even need any cooking experience to master this dish. This beef broth recipe is so simple because all you need to do is to put everything in a pot and cook it for several hours.There you go, a good pot of homemade beef broth packed with health benefits. Beef broth is amazing to be usedas its own (such as soup) or as base of a sauce.
Equipment
- Pressure cooker or a normal pot
Ingredients you need
- ¼ Knob Celery
- 2 Carrots
- ½ Leek
- A bunch of fresh parsley
- 10 Peppercorns
- 2.5 - 3 tbsp Salt
- 1 kg Lean meat (Beef)
- 1 handful of beef bones
- 3 Bay leaves
- 2 l Water
Directions
- Wash your meat and bones unter running water and put them at the base of your pot. I prefer using pressure cooker because it takes a shorter time to cook. You can also use a normal pot to cook.
- Gently wash your vegetables. Without peeling your carrots and celery, roughly chop all vegetables into chunky pieces. Spread the vegetables on top of your meat and bones. Add in the peppercorns and bay leaves on top of your vegetables.
- Lastly, pour 2 litres of water into your pot covering the meat and bones. Add salt to bring out the flavours of the broth.
- Bring your broth to a boil at high heat. Reduce to low heat and simmers your broth covered for 1.5 – 2 hours, if you are using a pressure cooker or 3-4 hours, if you are using a normal pot.
- Remove meat for other use and discard other ingredients. Strain the broth using a stift into another container. If you are using the broth (such as for soup) immediately, skim fat. If not, refrigrirate the broth overnight and remove fat from surface. You can keep the broth in the fridge up till 5 days or freeze it up till 6 months.
