Ian McAndrew

Carrot Essence

Preparation info
  • Makes

    600

    ml
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
A Feast of Fish 2
A Feast of Fish 2

By Ian McAndrew

Published 1999

  • About

This recipe has many uses so I have included it in this section; not only can it be used in the recipes in this book but it is also good with other fish as well as rabbit or chicken.

Ingredients

  • 15 ml/½ fl oz olive oil
  • 2k/4½ l

Method

Peel the carrots and roughly chop them up along with the leek, celery and onion. Heat the oil in a pan and add all the vegetables, then cover and sweat them without colouring for about 10 minutes. Add the water and the sugar and season with a little salt. Bring to the boil and very gently simmer for 1 hour. Liquidise and strain. Pass the liquor through muslin and return to the pan and reduce ti