Basic Meat Aspic

Name: Basic Meat Aspic
Ingredients: 2 stalks celery, chopped; 1 large leek, sliced; 2 large carrots, sliced; 1 Spanish onion, sliced; 1 calf’s foot or 4 cleaned chicken feet; duck or chicken carcass, if available; ½ pound beef bones; 1 teaspoon finely chopped chervil and tarragon; ¼ pound raw lean beef, chopped; 1 egg white; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 bouquet garni (parsley, 1 sprig thyme, 1 bay leaf); 1 quart water

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Robert Carrier Cookbook

By Robert Carrier

Published 1965

About

Ingredients

½ pound beef bones
duck or chicken carcass, if available
1 calf’s foot or

Starter
Gluten-free

Method

Combine first ten ingredients in a large stockpot; bring slowly to a boil and simmer gently for about 4 hours, removing scum from time to time. Strain and cool before skimming off the fat.

To clarify the stock: beat egg white lightly, and combine with chopped raw lean beef and chopped herbs in the bottom of a large saucepan. Add the cooled stock and mix well; bring stock slowly to a boi