Recipe Category: Broth
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Ingredients
Makes about 2 quarts – Cooker: 5- to 8-quart – Time: 8 minutes at HIGH pressure
- 3 large carrots, or 2 carrots and 1 parsnip, cut into chunks or coarsely grated
- 2 medium leeks (white and pale green parts), trimmed, cut in half lengthwise, rinsed well, and chopped
- 1 medium white onion, chopped
- 6 ribs celery with leaves, cut into chunks
- 2 handfuls baby spinach or chopped leaf spinach
- 1 clove garlic, peeled
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh flatleaf parsley leaves plus some stems
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 teaspoon black peppercorns
- 8 to 10 cups water, or as needed
- spike seasoned vegetable salt.
Method
- In a 5- to 8-quart pressure cooker, combine the vegetables, garlic, parsley, bay leaf, and peppercorns
- Add the water to cover by 2 inches
- The vegetables should be thick in the water but float
- If you do not have enough vegetables, the broth will be weak
- 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 8 minutes
- Remove the pot from the heat
- Open the cooker with the Natural Release method; let stand for 15 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 broth through to strain
- Press the vegetables to extract all the liquid
- Discard the solids
- Taste for seasoning and add Spike vegetable seasoning salt
- Cool completely
- The broth is ready for use
- It will keep in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days or the freezer up to 4 months
- Hauser Vegetable Cocktail: To make a hot or cold vegetable cocktail from the broth, add 1 cup tomato juice and pinch of brown sugar or honey to every quart of broth and sprinkle with Spike vegetable salt
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