Beef Stock

Name: Beef Stock
Yield: Makes 4 to 5 quarts
Ingredients: 6 pounds meaty beef shanks, cracked; 3 thyme sprigs; Beef trimmings from steaks or roasts (optional); 1 marrow bone, cracked; 5 parsley sprigs; 6 garlic cloves; 2 tomatoes, halved Mushroom stems (optional); 1 celery rib, coarsely chopped; 2 medium carrots, coarsely chopped; 1 leek, coarsely chopped (optional); 2 medium onions, coarsely chopped; 2 cloves; 2 small bay leaves; 8 peppercorns

Preparation info

Makes
4 to 5
quarts

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

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By Joyce Goldstein

Published 1992

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Ingredients

6 pounds meaty beef shanks, cracked
1 marrow bone, cracked
Beef trimmings from steaks or roasts (optional)

Stock
Gluten-free

Method

Procedure

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Place the beef shanks and marrow bone in a large roasting pan and roast, turning the pieces occasionally, until browned but not scorched, about