Best Brown Game Stock Recipes

BASIC BROWN STOCK

Steps:

• Roast the bones in a 400 degree F oven for about 2 hours, watch so they don't burn, just want them toasty brown not blackened.
• Put bones in soup pot.
• Add 1 quart of water for each pound of bones.
• For 5 pounds add 1 bunch of carrots, 1 head celery, and 3 yellow onions.
• Bring the stock to a heavy simmer, uncovered, and cook for 12 hours.
• Add water if needed.
• DO NOT ADD SALT!
• Strain the stock and store in fridge.
• A layer of fat will form on top.
• Leave this in place to help seal the stock from air until ready to use.
• This stock will be gelatinous.
• If not using all in several days, I place some in vaccum bags and seal for freezing.

BROWN VEAL OR BEEF STOCK

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 475 degrees. Roast the bones for 30 minutes or until well browned, add the onions, celery and carrots and roast for 30 minutes longer. Transfer bones and vegetables to a 1012 quart tall stockpot. Discard fat from roasting pan and deglaze with 2 cups of the water. Add this to the stock pot with remaining water, bouquet garni and tomato. Bring the liquid slowly to a boil, skimming often. Simmer for 4 5 hours, skimming occasionally and replenishing the water to keep the level of water somewhat constant.
• Strain and discard solids; let stock come to room temperature and chill. When chilled, discard surface fat. Bring back to a simmer and adjust for seasoning. If too weak for your taste, reduce, the season with salt.
• If you want to concentrate it, keep on reducing and transferring to a smaller pot until you have the consistency you want.

BROWN GAME STOCK

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees. Rinse and pat bones dry. Place in a roasting pan and roast for 20 minutes, or until they begin to brown.
• Add carrots, celery, onion, and tomato paste and continue roasting, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes more, or until brown and caramelized.
• Transfer bones and vegetables to a stockpot. Skim off and discard fat from pan; add 1 cup water. Cook over medium heat, scraping up brown bits. Transfer to stockpot. Add remaining water and ingredients.
• Bring stock to a boil and simmer over very low heat for about 5 hours, skimming often to remove any foam.
• Remove pot from heat and let cool slightly. Strain stock carefully through a cheesecloth-lined sieve. Cool completely. Stock can be frozen until needed.

BROWN BEEF STOCK

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees.
• Arrange bones and short ribs in a single layer in a large, heavy roasting pan. Drizzle with oil and turn to coat. Roast, turning once and stirring often for even browning, until beginning to brown, about 45 minutes. Remove from oven, add tomato paste, and stir to combine. Cook over medium heat for about 30 seconds (to let it brown a little, which cooks out some of the acidity and intensifies the sweetness), then add vegetables, stirring well. Return to oven and roast until vegetables are browned and tender and bones are deeply browned, about 40 minutes.
• Transfer bones and vegetables to a large stockpot, then spoon off fat from roasting pan and discard. Set the pan over two burners. Add water and bring to a boil, scraping up any brown bits from bottom with a wooden spoon. Boil until liquid is reduced by half, about 3 minutes. Pour contents of pan into the stockpot.
• Add enough water to stockpot to cover bones and vegetables by 2 inches (about 6 quarts). Bring to just under a boil, then reduce heat to a bare simmer (bubbles should just gently break at the surface). Add herbs and peppercorns and very gently simmer, uncovered, over low heat for 8 hours, adding more water as necessary to keep everything submerged.
• Carefully pour stock through a cheesecloth-lined sieve (do not press on solids) into a large heatproof bowl or another stockpot; discard solids. Stock will be dark brown. Skim off fat if using immediately or let cool completely (in an ice water bath, if desired) before transferring to airtight containers. Refrigerate at least 8 hours to allow the fat to accumulate at the top; lift off and discard fat before using or storing.

BASIC BROWN STOCK

Steps:

• Bones should be cut into 3 to 4 inch pieces.
• Place the bones in a roasting pan in a hot oven (400 F/200 C) and brown them well.
• Remove bones from pan and place in a stock pot.
• Cover with water and bring to a simmer.
• Simmer, skimming impurities from top of water as they rise.
• Drain and reserve the fat from the roasting pan.
• Deglaze* the pan with water and add to the stockpot.
• Mirepoix.
• Toss the onions, carrots and celery in some of the reserved fat, add to the roasting pan and brown well in the oven.
• (Browning may be done on top of the stove if desired) Add the browned mirepoix and the tomato puree to the stock pot.
• Continue to simmer.
• Prepare the sachet by placing the bay leaf, thyme, peppercons, parsley stems and whole clove in a square of cheese cloth.
• Tie with a string, leaving one end of the string long enough to tie to the stockpot handle.
• Add the sachet to the stockpot.
• Tie the string to the stockpot handle.
• Continue to simmer the stock for a total cooking time of 5-6 hours, skimming the surface as necessary.
• Add water as needed to keep bones covered.
• Strain through a china cap lined with several layers of cheesecloth.
• Cool the stock, vented, in a cold water bath and then refrigerate.
• *Todeglaze the pan, carefully add a little water to the warm pan, stirring to loosen the bits of meat and bone left in the pan.