Monday, February 25, 2008

anatomy of a soup


DAY ONE :
beg your friends for their bones at an expensive steak restaurant: roast for an hour with onions, a carrot and garlic

add water, parsley sprigs, whole peppercorns, salt: boil for an hour, reduce to a simmer for 2 more hours. refrigerate over night

DAY TWO :
drudge oxtails in flour + spices

braise oxtails in (should be 1/4 cup of butter and 1 tbs olive oil, i omitted the butter)

browned oxtails

add *cold* beef stock (from night before)

add 1 cup tomato juice and bring to a boil

transfer to oven and bake for 2 hours at 350°

DAY THREE:
chop carrots, onion, celery and garlic : saute and add to soup – bake for one more hour

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