I first
saw Chef James and Chez Jorge using vegetable odds to make their own broth
and found it’s such a cool idea to use up the vegetable waste. So, I’ve started
to collect and gather my vegetable scraps in freezer until I have enough to
make the veggie broth. This is super easy, flexible and customizable as you can
change the amount of vegetable scraps and mixtures. I believe it’s also much
cheaper and better than store bought, so why not getting the most out of your
food ingredients and making your own veggie broth?
The
vegetable scraps I collect
-Onion
skins & ends
-Carrot
tops
-Celery
old pieces
-Spring
onion trimmings
-Discarded
ginger
Basically,
the onions, carrots and celery would give the broth a very nice aromatic base
when ginger would land a spicy flavour, so try to tweak the balance of these
scraps, the flavour really depends on what exactly you are putting.
The
method
-Gather
the vegetable scraps and throw into a large pot.
-Pour in
enough water to cover vegetable scraps, bring it to a boil and simmer for 1
hour.
-Cool it
down, strain the scraps and collect the liquid.
To me the
broth tastes bland but full of aroma. It’s up to you to season with salt but I
prefer unsalted so the taste can be adjusted later to whatever I decide to
cook.
I have also made a video, you can check it out to see how I made it:
