Basic Beef Stock (Quick Method)

Name: Basic Beef Stock (Quick Method)
Ingredients: 1 pound veal knuckle; 1 pound beef knuckle; 4 tablespoons beef, veal or pork dripping; 4 tablespoons beef, veal or pork dripping; 4 tablespoons beef, veal or pork dripping; 2 pounds lean beef; 2 chicken feet (optional); 2 leeks (white parts only); 1 large onion stuck with 2 cloves; 1 large onion stuck with 2 cloves; 2 stalks celery, tops included; 2 carrots, coarsely chopped; 4 sprigs parsley; 1 fat clove garlic; 3 quarts water; salt and freshly-ground black pepper; salt and freshly-ground black pepper

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Great Dishes of the World

By Robert Carrier

Published 1963

About

Ingredients

1 pound veal knuckle
1 pound beef knuckle
4 tablespo

Stock
Gluten-free

Method

Have veal and beef knuckles coarsely chopped by your butcher, brush with meat dripping and brown them in the oven. Place in a large stock-pot with lean beef, chicken feet, if you have any, and leeks, onion, celery, carrots, parsley and garlic. Cover with 3 quarts cold water and bring slowly to the boil, removing the scum as it accumulates on the surface. Simmer gently for 1 hour; add salt and p