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beef broth ©️ Nel Brouwer-van den Bergh

Beef broth

Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 hours
Total Time 5 hours 5 minutes
Course Appetizer, starter
Cuisine French

Ingredients
  

Ingredients

  • 1 lb beef bones
  • 1 lb beef meat (can be offal meat, but no intestines)
  • 4 qt (3.8 L) water
  • a few bay leaves
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 1/2 onion
  • 2 slices ginger
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil or tallow

Instructions
 

Instructions to make the broth

  • Place the oil or fat in a large enough pan and warm up
  • Add the bones and meat and lightly brown the pieces by frying on low to medium heat and turning the pieces now and then
  • Cut the onion in large pieces and add them to the pan
  • Add all the water, the bayleaves, salt and pepper and bring close to a boil
  • When foam and scum starts to appear, remove these with a small sieve. Continue to do this, until the soup comes to a very slow simmer
  • Keep the soup at a very soft simmer for 4-5 hours
  • Taste the soup and adjust salt or pepper level . If desired, add a broth tablet or a little soy sauce
  • Thereafter, remove the bones and reserve the meat. You can use it for ragout, or add it later back to the broth
  • Let cool down and refrigerate over night
  • The next day, remove the hard surface fat layer and discard (or use for frying later)
  • A clean broth results. If you want the broth to be super clean, filter while warm over a cloth.

Notes

Method: simmering
Food allergy & intolerance information: none
Keyword beef, Broth, broth and soup, glace