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 LeftyBurnz
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 The perfect vegetable stock. 
#8211587 - 03/29/08 08:39 PM (5 years, 2 months ago) |
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I found this on yahoo a little bit ago and thought it was a good read, so here ya go.
I'm a big fan of vegetable soups, particularly from roasted vegetables, but often find myself falling into the trap of adding cream or butter to give extra body and flavor to the soup. What other options are there? Stock. I am not fond of using meat-based stocks because they often eclipse the more delicate aspects of vegetable soups. Here is my favorite recipe that can be added to a soup base or enjoyed simply on its own. And below are additional tips to help you make the perfect stock.
Simple Vegetable Stock
Makes 5-6 cups
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 medium-size yellow onion, peeled and sliced
1 carrot, peeled and sliced
1 parsnip, peeled and sliced
2 stalks celery, peeled and sliced
1 leek, stemmed, washed, and sliced
½ cup white mushroom scraps, washed, if available
Sea salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
1. In a medium pot, add the olive oil and all of the vegetables. Season with salt and pepper to taste. ‘Sweat" the vegetables for 5-8 minutes, stirring, and then cover with about 1 1/2 quarts cold water. (Cold water will yield a stock that is less apt to be cloudy.)
2. Bring the water to a gentle boil, skim and reduce the heat, so the stock simmers. Cook for 25-30 minutes. Strain, pressing gently on the vegetables to extract the maximum flavor. Use immediately or freeze to use at a later date.
Tips:
- Less is more. How much stock do you really need? Not much. Better to make less stock with more flavor. Be skimpy when adding the water and generous when adding the vegetables. You can always add more water, but you can never take it out. I made a lot of vegetable stock that tasted like dish water before learning my lesson.
- If you are mixing a lot of different vegetables, try to strike a balance between inherently sweet vegetables (squash, peas, corn) and slightly bitter ones (chicory, endive).
-Vegetable scraps definitely belong in a stock but don't go overboard. One of my mentors wisely told me " stock pots are good for scraps but they are not garbage cans."
-Make sure your vegetables, both whole and scrap, are cut to a similar size and thickness when they go into the pot. That way, they will cook more evenly and result in a better flavor.
-Avoid any really strong herbs (i.e. dill or an abundance of rosemary) or vegetables that may have a bitter skin (i.e. squash or rutabaga). You can always experiment by using the scraps from a vegetable you like to see if it performs well in a stock. Mushroom scraps are "gold" (but don't forget to wash them first)!
-For a naturally thick stock, use vegetables tied in cheesecloth and sprinkle a handful of lentils or dried white beans. Cook until tender. Once tender, purée the beans and put them back in the stock to thicken.
-Experiment with a "brown" vegetable stock by lightly oiling and roasting some peeled shallots and onions together in the oven. Once cooked tender, transfer the vegetables to a pot and cover them with cold water. Simmer for 20 to 30 minutes, salt lightly and strain.
- Unlike meat stocks, vegetable stocks don't need long-term cooking to bring out their flavors. When you have your mix of vegetables, simply cover them with cold water, boil, skim, add a pinch of salt, and simmer for no more than a half an hour.. Don't let the stock "steep" too long. Once it is cooked, strain and discard the vegetables. It will leave the liquid with a cleaner flavor.
-How will you know when your stock is "done"? Taste it! Flavor is the best indicator of all.
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Re: The perfect vegetable stock. [Re: LeftyBurnz]
#8241442 - 04/05/08 07:29 AM (5 years, 2 months ago) |
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thanks
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Re: The perfect vegetable stock. [Re: impgl]
#8242288 - 04/05/08 02:14 PM (5 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yep, been looking for something like this.
Can you not strain and this would just be a veggie soup?
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danknugz81
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Quote:
Madtowntripper said:
Yep, been looking for something like this.
Can you not strain and this would just be a veggie soup?
yeah absolutely. you can do that. just season with some salt and pepper. however, most of the flavor will have been leached from the veggies already. better to start with new veg.. but you could do it the other way and it might be fine. whenever i've made stocks though, i've always discarded the leftover veg
i like to add tomato and a little bit of fennel to my veggie stocks. the tomato really has a way of rounding out the flavors, plus it brings a touch of sweetness (the carrots do as well)
roasting the vegetables prior to adding the water can also bring a nice depth of flavor to the stock itself, but the veggies themselves wouldnt be much good for soup, having been cooked twice.
Edited by danknugz81 (04/05/08 02:59 PM)
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Re: The perfect vegetable stock. [Re: danknugz81]
#8243819 - 04/05/08 09:04 PM (5 years, 2 months ago) |
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I would peel the yellow onion,carrot,and parsnip, unless you like it bitter.But,you don't have to peel the celery.....At lest thats what we did in cooking class..
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Re: The perfect vegetable stock. [Re: Brainiac]
#8243864 - 04/05/08 09:12 PM (5 years, 2 months ago) |
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i always peel onion, never peel carrot though, and i dont believe ive ever used parsnip.
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Re: The perfect vegetable stock. [Re: LeftyBurnz]
#8243865 - 04/05/08 09:12 PM (5 years, 2 months ago) |
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I'm not even sure I've ever seen a parsnip.
Like turnips, no?
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After one comes, through contact with it's administrators, no longer to cherish greatly the law as a remedy in abuses, then the bottle becomes a sovereign means of direct action. If you cannot throw it at least you can always drink out of it. - Ernest Hemingway
If it is life that you feel you are missing I can tell you where to find it. In the law courts, in business, in government. There is nothing occurring in the streets. Nothing but a dumbshow composed of the helpless and the impotent. -Cormac MacCarthy
He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God. - Aeschylus
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LeftyBurnz
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Quote:
Madtowntripper said:
I'm not even sure I've ever seen a parsnip.
Like turnips, no?
i think its in between a carrot and a turnip. shaped like a carrot, but its white like a turnip.
btw, how the fuck can you copyright a picture of a fucking vegetable?? 
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The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in Government."
~Thomas Jefferson
A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government.
~George Washington
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Re: The perfect vegetable stock. [Re: LeftyBurnz]
#8244121 - 04/05/08 10:08 PM (5 years, 2 months ago) |
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yes...It looks like a carrot.But it's sweeter then a carrot...
The parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) is a root vegetable related to the carrot. Parsnips resemble carrots, but are paler and have a stronger flavor. Like carrots, parsnips are native to Eurasia and have been eaten there since ancient times. Zohary and Hopf note that the archeological evidence for the cultivation of the parsnip is "still rather limited", and that Greek and Roman literary sources are a major source about its early use, but warn "there are some difficulties in distinguishing between parsnip and carrot (which, in Roman times, were white or purple) in classical writings since both vegetables seem to have been sometimes called pastinaca yet each vegetable appears to be well under cultivation in Roman times
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsnip
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Re: The perfect vegetable stock. [Re: Brainiac]
#8244132 - 04/05/08 10:11 PM (5 years, 2 months ago) |
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parnsip soup is nice. it looks like a carrot and basically tastes like one too, except a bit sweeter like brainiac said.
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LeftyBurnz
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Re: The perfect vegetable stock. [Re: danknugz81]
#8244587 - 04/05/08 11:57 PM (5 years, 2 months ago) |
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well, im just going to have to try them, im always up for adding new veggies to my diet. i love carrots, so parsnips should be a nice new flavor.
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The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in Government."
~Thomas Jefferson
A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government.
~George Washington
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Re: The perfect vegetable stock. [Re: LeftyBurnz]
#8244614 - 04/06/08 12:04 AM (5 years, 2 months ago) |
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lateley I've been enjoying the flavor of Shiitake mushrooms. They have their own flavor to them kinda like a vegetable stock when you let them boil in a little water.
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Re: The perfect vegetable stock. [Re: Galvie_Flu]
#8244674 - 04/06/08 12:17 AM (5 years, 2 months ago) |
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Save the steams and throw in the stock..
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Re: The perfect vegetable stock. [Re: Brainiac]
#8245447 - 04/06/08 05:40 AM (5 years, 2 months ago) |
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mushrooms are awesome no matter what you put them in. i put them in everything, salads, omelettes, soup, stock, etc.
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The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in Government."
~Thomas Jefferson
A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government.
~George Washington
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