beef stock

vixtress

i called at the local farm shop today and they had a big trolley of bags of beef bones with a sign saying help yourself! with free being the best type of bargin i thought it would be rude not to :rolleyes:
my question is..... what can i do with beef stock other than beef stew or gravy. most recipes seem to call for chicken stock. so has anyone got any tasty ideas for beef stock?
thanks

Jayar

Lucky you, make the most of it
Onion Soup
Any beefy soup
Consomme
Beefy bolognaise sauce

Penelope_Penguin

Hi! Whwnever we have beef stock we make this onion soup recipe from Delia.

HTH, Penny. x

vixtress

might try that, thanks, whenever i try onion soup it never comes out right, dont know what im doing wrong.
does anyone have any nice ideas for beef stock based soups with chinese or thai type flavours.
thanks

vij

I have wonderful pot of well flavoured beef stock cooling so I can skim the fat off - but now what shall I do with it?????????????????????? I have just over 2L of it!

Penelope_Penguin

vij wrote: »

I have wonderful pot of well flavoured beef stock cooling so I can skim the fat off - but now what shall I do with it?????????????????????? I have just over 2L of it!

Onion soup :j

Penny. x

pennypinchingmum

It's so good to know i'm not the only one that makes stock! most of the time when i tell someone i've made stock they just look at me blankly.
Firstly stock freezes beautifully.
burt here are a few other uses-
1. Curry -once you've cooked the meat and veg, add curry powder and a handful of flour and mix that in then add about 1pt of stock and stir then simmer i guarantee it'll be delicious!
2.Bolognaise Sauce (this would be my personal preference (if you would like my recipe pm me)) I would make up a big load of bolognaise sauce just fill the biggest pan you can, use your stock in it. Then use the sauce for spag bol one night, lasagne the next, chilli con carne the following and the sauce will also freeze.
Hope this helps

rachbc

I usually make chicken stock for soups etc, but I've made some really drk rich beef stock,. Have now accidentally defrosted it - so what can I make??

Penelope_Penguin

I always make French onion soup with beef stock - Delia's recipe is good

Pink.

Hi rachbc,

I second Penny's suggestion of Delia's french onion soup, or if that doesn't appeal, just keep it for adding to casseroles. There's an earlier thread on using beef stock:

beef stock

I'll add your thread to that one later to keep the suggestions together.

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