Very tasty vegetable stock and doesn’t take long to cook. I changed the recipe: put less garlic and added potatoes.
Ingredients
- 1-1/2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1/2 large onion
- 1 stalk celery, including some leaves
- 1 large carrots
- 1/2 bunch green onions, chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 4 sprigs fresh parsley
- 3 sprigs fresh thyme
- 1 bay leaves
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 4 cups water
- Chop scrubbed vegetables into 1-inch chunks. Remember, the greater the surface area, the more quickly vegetables will yield their flavor.
- Heat oil in a soup pot. Add onion, celery, carrots, scallions, garlic, parsley, thyme, and bay leaves. Cook over high heat for 5 to 10 minutes, stirring frequently.
- Add salt and water and bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes. Strain. Discard vegetables.
- Other ingredients to consider: mushrooms, eggplant, asparagus (butt ends), corn cobs, fennel (stalks and trimmings), bell peppers, pea pods, chard (stems and leaves), celery root parings, marjoram (stems and leaves), basil, potato parings . . . Get the idea?