cooking under pressure essentials: vegetable broth

How To Make cooking under pressure essentials: vegetable broth

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  PREP/PREPARE
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  What will you need? You will need an Instant Pot, or dedicated pressure cooker. Plus, a strainer to strain the vegetables from the broth.
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  What is it? This is good flavorful vegetable broth. If you have followed any of my recipes, you will notice that when I talk about using a stock in a recipe, I aways say, Use Stock Not Broth. The reason this is a broth is that there is no such thing as a vegetable stock. Stocks require bones and veggies. Broths do not use bones (collagen), so by definition they cannot be a stock. Now, you will see boxes or cans in the grocer that say, Vegetable Stock, but unless they are sneaking in some bones and not telling you, it is not a stock, it is a broth. Full Stop.
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  What to serve with it? This broth can be poured into a mug and sipped; especially, on a cold Winter’s Eve. If you do, you will probably want to add a bit more salt or pepper. I use this flavorful broth in vegetarian soups, stews, and casseroles. Great stuff.
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  How to store it? This broth will last 7 – 10 days in the fridge, but if you properly freeze it, it will last six or more months. I recommend making a good size batch, then freezing it. That is the ticket.
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  Cooking Tip When you chop up the onion, do not throw away the paper thin, onion skin. Instead put it in the pressure cooker with the rest of the veggies. It will not change the flavor; however, it will give the broth a nice rich golden color. As you can see from the main photo... yummy.
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  Gather your ingredients (mise en place).
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  Add all of the ingredients into the bowl of your pressure cooker.
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  Seal, and set your cooker to high, for 45 minutes. After the allotted time, let the cooker stand for 30 minutes.
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  Release any residual steam, strain the vegetables from the broth, and place the broth into non-reactive jars.
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  PLATE/PRESENT
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  Drink it or use it in your favorite vegetarian recipes. Enjoy.
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  Keep the faith, and keep cooking.
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  Namasté
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