Brodo Matto

Name: Brodo Matto (Crazy Broth)
Yield: Makes 4 cups
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 3 ribs celery with leaves, very roughly chopped; 4 cups water; 1 carrot (optional); 4 bouillon cubes, either chicken or meat, very preferably without MSG; 4 bouillon cubes, either chicken or meat, very preferably without MSG; 4 bouillon cubes, either chicken or meat, very preferably without MSG; Salt (optional); 1 onion, quartered (optional)

Crazy Broth

Preparation info

Makes
4 cups

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

In Nonna's Kitchen

By Carol Field

Published 1997

About

Why crazy? Because it’s ridiculously easy to make. Once you’ve discovered this trick for making tasty broth, you won’t worry when you don’t have any on hand. Italian celery is smaller and tastier than ours, so I use the leafy tops to add flavor. I sometimes add a carrot and onion as well.

Ingredients

4 cups water
3 ribs celery with leaves, very roughly chopped
4 bouillon cubes, either

Europe
Italy
Stock
Mediterranean
Gluten-free

Method

Put the water, celery, bouillon cubes, and optional carrot and onion in a saucepan and simmer for 20 minutes. That’s all. Taste for salt. Nonna Lucia Rossi Pavanello removes the vegetables, but you might want to press them through a food mill or puree them and return them to the broth.

Nonna Lucia cooks her fine ribbons of homemade pasta in the