Fantastic in shrimp and grits, soups, lowcountry boils, stews and soups, Nathalie Dupree’s country-style fish broth is a Southern kitchen staple.
yields
4 quarts
¾ cup olive oil
2 medium onions, sliced
2 medium carrots, coarsely chopped
½ cup finely chopped fresh fennel (optional) or ½ teaspoon fennel seed
3 pounds Roma tomatoes or canned Italian plum tomatoes, chopped
garlic cloves, chopped
3 pounds bones, heads, and trimmings of a non-oily fish, well washed
6 stalks parsley
1 teaspoon fennel seed
2 bay leaves, optional
12 black peppercorns
Rind (no white attached) of 1 small orange, lime or lemon
½ to 1 teaspoon saffron threads
Pinch dried red pepper or one or two dried small peppers
Ingredients
steps
- Heat the olive oil in a heavy 12-quart stockpot over medium heat. Add the onions, carrots, fennel, tomatoes, garlic, and the fish bones and cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes. Add the parsley stalks, fennel seed, bay leaves, peppercorns, orange rind, saffron threads, and red pepper to the pot.
- Add cold water to barely cover ingredients. Bring to a low boil, reduce the heat to a simmer, and cook for 30 minutes, uncovered. (Add water if needed). Let the broth base cool enough to handle and then strain it through a large fine sieve or a colander lined with cheesecloth, pressing hard on the solids to extract all the juices.
- Cool the stock and refrigerate several hours or overnight. (The stock will keep refrigerated up to 3 days or frozen for six months.)
Date Published: 11.14.11
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- from chef and author Nathalie Dupree of Charleston, South Carolina