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Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 1 Minutes |
Ready In: 31 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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This recipe from Gourmet Magazine (Nov. 2004) makes a truly excellent vegetable stock with a rich, deep, and complex flavour. It's a very forgiving recipe and you can adjust it depending on what you have on hand. It also makes a great base for Roasted Vegetable Gravy. I'd recommend doubling or tripling the recipe and then freezing the leftovers. Ingredients:
3/4 lb cremini mushroom, halved |
1/2 lb shallot, left unpeeled, then quartered (6 small or 4 medium) |
1/2 lb carrot, cut into 1-inch pieces (3 medium) |
1 red bell pepper, cut into 1-inch pieces |
2 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped |
4 fresh flat-leaf parsley sprigs (including long stems) |
3 sprigs fresh thyme |
1 tablespoon olive oil |
1/2 cup dry white wine |
1 turkish bay leaves or 1/2 california bay leaf |
1/2 cup canned crushed tomatoes |
1 quart water |
3/4 teaspoon salt |
Directions:
1. Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 425°F.
2. Toss together mushrooms, shallots, carrots, bell pepper, garlic, parsley and thyme sprigs, and oil in a flameproof roasting pan. Roast, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are golden, 35 to 40 minutes.
3. Transfer vegetables with a slotted spoon to a 4-quart saucepan. Straddle roasting pan across 2 burners, then add wine and deglaze pan by boiling over moderate heat, stirring and scraping up brown bits, 1 to 2 minutes. Transfer to saucepan and add bay leaf, tomatoes, water, and salt. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, 45 minutes. Pour stock through a large fine-mesh sieve into a bowl, pressing hard on and then discarding solids.
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