Celeey Broth
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Clean and wash the celery, then cut it into 3-inch pieces.
Put the celery in a saucepan with the water.
Make the broth
Boil slowly until the broth is reduced to 1 quart.
Strain the broth through a napkin.
Serve
Serve warm or cold.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Celery
- Provides the main flavour and aroma, which is released into the water as it simmers.
- Water
- Acts as the liquid that extracts celery flavour and is reduced to concentrate the broth.
The step that matters
Boil slowly until reduced to 1 quart. Simmering gently extracts flavour without clouding the broth, while reducing concentrates it. A hard boil can emulsify fats and cloud the liquid, and over-reducing makes it too strong.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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