Full Flavored Beef Broth

Full Flavored Beef Broth

Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 6 lbs beef bones
• 1 onion
• 12 cups water
• 2 cloves garlic
• 8 whole black peppercorns
• ½ cup water
• 3 carrots
• ½ cup cubed potato
• ½ cup chopped parsnip
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 stalks celery, including some leaves
• 1 tomato
• 4 sprigs fresh parsley
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 2 teaspoons dried thyme

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
2. Chop the celery and carrots into 1 inch pieces and slice the onion. Put the bones, carrots and onion in a big, shallow roasting pan and bake them uncovered for half an hour or until the bones are browned, turning everything occasionally.
3. Drain the fat off and put the bones, onions, and carrots into a big soup pot.
4. Pour ½ cup water into the roasting pan and combine it with the stuck on bits, then pour everything from the roasting pan into the soup pot.
5. Add the parsnips, tomato, celery, peeled potatoes, potato peelings, parsley, peppercorns, thyme, garlic, and bay leaf.
6. Add the 12 cups of water and bring everything to a boil.
7. Turn the heat down, cover the soup pot, and let the beef broth simmer for 5 hours.
8. Strain the broth and discard the solid bits.
9. Add as much salt as you need, for taste.

Source: amazingsouprecipes