How to make vegetable stock
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5
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Total Time
30 mins
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Servings
4 servings
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Calories
139 kcal
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Course
Soup
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Cuisine
Vegetarian, Vegan
How to make vegetable stock
Description
This vegetable stock preparation starts by softening onions, celery, carrots, and garlic in olive oil over low heat with salt to create a flavorful base. Additional vegetables such as zucchini, mushrooms, leeks, bell pepper, shallots, fennel, tomato, and spring onions are added to fill the pot. Herbs including parsley stalks, thyme, rosemary, basil, bay leaves, and dried mushrooms contribute layered aromatics. French green lentils and peppercorns add subtle earthiness and complexity.
The mixture is covered with cold water and simmered gently for an hour to extract flavors without clouding the stock. After cooling, the stock is strained to remove solids, leaving a clear, flavorful liquid suitable for soups, sauces, or cooking grains.
Store the stock in glass jars in the refrigerator or freeze in portions for later use. Adjust salt after simmering to taste.
Ingredients
- 2 tbs olive oil
- 2 onion chopped
- 6 celery chopped, stalks
- 3 carrot chopped
- 1 zucchini chopped
- salt to taste
- 2 fat cloves garlic crushed
- 6 mushrooms chopped
- parsley stalks your choice to fill the pot up to ¾ below the rim
- thyme sprigs
- leek tops
- red bell pepper
- spring onions
- shallots
- rosemary
- fennel
- tomato
- basil
- dried mushrooms
- ¼ cup French green lentils
- 1 tsp peppercorns
- 3 bay leaf
Instructions
- Place a 5 litre saucepan over a low heat. Add the oil and the onions, celery, carrots, and garlic. Add the salt and sweat the vegetables until soft, stirring every now and then.
- Once softened your choice of vegetables, filling the pot no more than ¾ below the rim. Add the lentils, peppercorns and bay leaves and fill the saucepan with cold water.
- Cover and bring to a simmer over a medium heat before reducing to low. Simmer for 1 hour. If you like you can add salt once the stock is simmering.
- Turn the heat off and leave to cool before straining. Store in glass jars in the fridge or portion into freezer safe bags and freeze until needed.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 4servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 139 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 139kcal | 7% |
| Carbohydrates | 16g | 5% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 7g | 11% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Sodium | 44mg | 2% |
| Potassium | 534mg | 11% |
| Fiber | 4g | 16% |
| Sugar | 6g | 12% |
| Vitamin A | 7770IU | 155% |
| Vitamin C | 16.4mg | 18% |
| Calcium | 43mg | 4% |
| Iron | 1.2mg | 7% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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