Recipe Category: Beef
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Ingredients
Makes 2 quarts – Cooker: 6- to 8-quart – Time: 60 minutes at HIGH pressure
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 2 to 2½ pounds cross-cut meaty beef marrow bones (ask the butcher to cut into 2-inch pieces for you on the bandsaw) or small oxtail pieces
- 1 large carrot, cut into 2-inch chunks
- 1 large white or yellow onion, cut into 8 wedges
- 1 to 1½ pounds meaty beef shanks, 1 inch thick
- 2 ribs celery with leaves, cut into 2-inch chunks
- 1 tablespoon black peppercorns
- 2 bay leaves
- ¼ bunch fresh flatleaf parsley
- 1 cup red or white wine (optional)
- 8 cups water, or as needed
Method
- Preheat the oven to 425° F
- Place the bones (not the shanks) in a large shallow roasting pan
- Brush the tomato paste evenly over them
- Add the carrot and onion to pan; lightly coat with olive oil cooking spray
- Roast for 45 minutes
- In a 6- to 8-quart pressure cooker, combine the roasted bones and vegetables, shanks, celery, peppercorns, bay leaves, and parsley
- Add the wine if using
- Add enough of the water to just cover the ingredients
- Bring to a boil and skim off the foam with a large spoon
- Close and lock the lid
- Set the burner heat to high
- When the cooker reaches HIGH pressure, reduce the burner heat as low as you can and still maintain HIGH pressure
- Set a timer to cook for 60 minutes
- Remove the pot from the heat
- Open the cooker with the Natural Release method; let stand for 20 minutes
- Be careful of the steam as you remove the lid
- Set a large colander lined with a double layer of cheesecloth over a large bowl and pour the stock through to strain
- Press on the solids to extract all the liquid
- Discard the solids
- Cool to lukewarm
- Skim the surface of fat with an oversized spoon
- Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight
- The next day, remove the layer of congealed fat on the surface
- The stock is ready for use and will keep in an airtight container in the refrigerator up to 3 days or the freezer up to 6 months
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