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vegetable broth: ©️ Nel Brouwer-van den Bergh

vegetable broth

Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 55 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Staple ingredient
Cuisine Global

Ingredients
  

Ingredients to nmake the broth

  • 1 medium brown onion
  • 1 large carrot
  • 1 bunch stalks and leaves celery
  • 1 bunch parsley stems
  • 1/2 green pepper
  • 1 small fennel
  • 1 leek
  • 0.35 oz (10 g) dried mushrooms (eg agaricus blazei, porcini, morel)
  • 1 large tomato (optional)
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1-2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp ground pepper

Instructions
 

Instruction to make the broth

  • Cut the leeks, and wash
  • Clean the onion and cut up, peel included
  • Wash and then remove the seeds from the green pepper and cut up
  • Clean the other vegetables and cut up
  • Add all the ingredients in a large enough pan, add one tsp of salt and the pepper, the bay leaf and add so much water that the vegetables are almost submersed
  • Bring to a simmer and simmer for almost 1 h. Check the taste and especially add salt if required
  • Thereafter drain through a strainer, press out and let the broth cool and freeze or use it

Notes

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