[Recipe]Browned veggie stock

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>>>The vegetable stock I used was a bit weak

 

I have a veggie stock recipe for youuuuuuuuuu......courtesy of Crescent

Dragonwagon & her Dairy Hollow Soup & Bread cookbook: Browned Vegetable Stock.

It takes some time but is easy & *I* think superior to any veggie stock ever.

JMHO.

 

Cooking spray

3 onions, unpeeled, quartered

3 large carrots, unpeeled, halved, w/stem ends removed

8 ribs celery, with leaves, each broken in half

2 whole heads garlic, papery skin left on, cut in half across the middle(to

expose each clove)

3TB mild vegetable oil

1/4c tamari/shoyu soy sauce

6c room temperature water, preferably spring, divided

2 bay leaves

2 sprigs fresh parsley

salt to taste

1tsp whole peppercorns

 

Preheat oven to 350F. Spray an 11x13 " baking pan w/cooking spray.

Place onions, carrots, celery, & garlic in pan. Drizzle w/oil & toss to coat

the veggies. pour over the soy sauce & bake until the vegetables are deeply

browned, almost burnt looking, about 1 hour.

Transfer veggies to a large heavy soup pot. Add 4c water & the remaining

ingredients.

Pour the remaining 2c water into the roasting pan & scrape up the browned bits.

Add this to the soup pot.

Bring the water to a boil, then turn heat down & simmer, partially covered, 30

minutes. Cool slightly & strain.

 

Makes about 4c.