Recipes

Perfect Vegetable Stock

  • Serves

    makes 1 gallon

  • Cook

    1 hour

MATT TAYLOR-GROSS

By Tal Ronnen


Published on February 2, 2016

From Tal Ronnen, L.A.'s best-known vegan chef, comes a rich vegetable stock that rivals chicken or beef. Keep a few quarts in the freezer for soups or root vegetable braises.

Ingredients

  • 2 tsp. whole black peppercorns
  • 1 tsp. kosher salt
  • 12 sprigs flat-leaf parsley
  • 6 sprigs thyme
  • 4 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 2 stalks celery, roughly chopped
  • 2 carrots, halved
  • 2 bulbs fennel, roughly chopped
  • 2 leeks, halved
  • 1 yellow onion, halved

Instructions

Step 1

In a large saucepan, combine all ingredients with 1 gallon water and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to maintain a gentle simmer and cook until the stock is darkened, about 45 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and pour the stock through a fine sieve set over a bowl; discard the solids. Pour into storage containers and refrigerate for up to 1 week or freeze for up to 1 month.

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