Vegetable Broth Base Recipes

WORLD'S GREATEST VEGETABLE BROTH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• Remove leaves and tender inner parts of celery and set aside.
• Toss onions, carrots, tomatoes, bell peppers and turnips with olive oil. Place vegetables in a roasting pan and place them in the 450 degrees F (230 degrees C) oven. Stir the vegetable every 15 minutes. Cook until all of the vegetables have browned and the onions start to caramelize, this will take over one hour.
• Put the browned vegetables, celery, garlic, cloves, bay leaf, pepper corns, Italian parsley and water into a large stock pot. Bring to a full boil. Reduce heat to simmer. Cook uncovered until liquid is reduced by half.
• Pour the broth through a colander, catching the broth in a large bowl or pot. The liquid caught in the bowl or pot is your vegetable broth it can be used immediately or stored for later use. Although the vegetables are no longer necessary for your broth they are delicious to eat hot or cold, don't waste them!

BASIC VEGETABLE BROTH

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Add celery, potato, carrot, onion, mushrooms (if using), garlic, water, soy sauce, bay leaves, salt, and pepper in a large pot and bring to a boil.
• Reduce the heat and let the vegetable broth simmer for at least an hour, covered with a lid.
• Strain out the vegetables and garlic and remove the bay leaves once the broth is done cooking.

VEGETABLE BROTH BASE

Steps:

• Process everything, except tomato paste and soy sauce, in food processor, scraping down sides of bowl frequently, until paste is as fine as possible, about 3 to 4 minutes.
• Add tomato paste and process for one minute, scraping down sides of bowl every 20 seconds.
• Add soy sauce and continue to process one minute longer.
• Transfer mixture to airtight container and tap firmly on counter to remove any air bubbles. Press small piece of parchment paper against surface of mixture and cover.
• Freeze up to 6 months.
• Use 1 tbl to one cup boiling water to make broth. Strain if you desire a particle-free broth. The salt content of the mixture will keep it from freezing so that you can scoop it straight from the container.

VEGETABLE BROTH

Steps:

• Place the onion, celery and cabbage in a food processor and process until coarsely chopped.
• Scrape the chopped vegetables into a two-and-one-half-quart souffle dish or casserole with a tightly fitting lid. Add four cups of cold water and the bay leaf. Cover and cook at 100 percent power in a 650- to 700-watt oven for 25 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and uncover. Strain through a fine sieve. With the back of a ladle or large spoon, squeeze all the liquid from the vegetables through the sieve.
• Cool the broth. Store, covered, in the refrigerator for up to two days, or freeze.

BASIC VEGETABLE STOCK

Steps:

• Chop scrubbed vegetables into 1-inch chunks. Remember, the greater the surface area, the more quickly vegetables will yield their flavor.
• Heat oil in a soup pot. Add onion, celery, carrots, scallions, garlic, parsley, thyme, and bay leaves. Cook over high heat for 5 to 10 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Add salt and water and bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes. Strain. Discard vegetables.
• Other ingredients to consider: mushrooms, eggplant, asparagus (butt ends), corn cobs, fennel (stalks and trimmings), bell peppers, pea pods, chard (stems and leaves), celery root parings, marjoram (stems and leaves), basil, potato parings . . . Get the idea?

BASIC VEGETABLE BROTH

Steps:

• Put all of the ingredients in a large pot and cover them with 6 quarts of cold water. Bring to a boil, lower the heat and simmer gently, until it reduces to 2 1/2 quarts, about 2 to 3 hours. Strain through a sieve lined with cheesecloth.